Religion
A Farewel to Worldly Joys
From Poems (1686)
Religion
Farewel ye Unsubstantial Joyes,
Ye Gilded Nothings, Gaudy Toyes,
Too long ye have my Soul misled,
Too long with Aiery Diet fed:
But now my Heart ye shall no more
Deceive, as you have heretofore:
For when I hear such Sirens sing,
Like Ithacas's fore-warned King,
With prudent Resolution I
Will so my Will and Fancy tye,
That stronger to the Mast not he,
Than I to Reason bound will be:
And though your Witchcrafts strike my Ear,
Unhurt, like him, your Charms I'll hear.
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Killigrew, Anne. “A Farewel to Worldly Joys.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/killigrew_a/8/.
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Killigrew, Anne. “A Farewel to Worldly Joys.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/killigrew_a/8/.
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