Nature

The Mower to the Glo-Worms.

by Andrew Marvell 1621–1678

Nature

YE living Lamps, by whose dear light
The Nightingale does sit so late,
And studying all the Summer-night,
Her matchless Songs does meditate;

Ye Country Comets, that portend
No War, nor Princes funeral,
Shining unto no higher end
Then to presage the Grasses sall;

Ye Glo-worms, whose officious Flame
To wandring Mowers shows the way,
That in the Night have lost their aim,
And after foolish Fires do stray;

Your courteous Lights in vain you wast,
Since Juliana here is come,
For She my Mind hath so displac'd
That I shall never find my home.

MLA

Marvell, Andrew. “The Mower to the Glo-Worms.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/marvell/22/.

Chicago

Marvell, Andrew. “The Mower to the Glo-Worms.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/marvell/22/.

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