Living

To one Overhearing his private discourse.

by Thomas Randolph 1605–1635

Living

I Wonder not my Laeda farre can see,
Since for her eyes shee might an Eagle bee,
And dare the Sun; but that shee heares so well
As that shee could my private whisperings tell,
I stand amaz'd; her eares are not so long,
That they could reach my words; hence then it sprung:
Love overhearing fled to her bright eare,
Glad he had got a tale to whisper there.

MLA

Randolph, Thomas. “To one Overhearing his private discourse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/randolph/29/.

Chicago

Randolph, Thomas. “To one Overhearing his private discourse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/randolph/29/.

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