| Front | John Wilmot - A Song (Absent from thee) Explore: 'Lest once more wandring from that Heav'n I fall on some base heart unblest;' x3 |
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| Back | •'Heav'n' + other religious lexical set can be interpreted as him equating her to God / eternal bliss - is he confessing his sins to the Lord? •'wandring' suggests without direction - is he perplexed after the influences of other Cavalier poets, and would otherwise be directed solely by religion and his fidelity to her •'base' - without moral principles, or he describes someone of low social class |
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