Arphra Behn, poet
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Arphra Behn

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About Arphra Behn

1640-1689/EnglishArphra Behn, British dramatist and novelist, was baptized at Wye, Kent, in 1640. Her father, John Johnson, was a barber. While still a child she was taken out to Surinam, then an English possession, from which she returned to England in 1658, when it was

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This Little, Silent, Gloomy Monument,Contains all that was sweet and innocent;
— Arphra Behn
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Love in fantastic triumph sat,Whilst bleeding hearts around him flow'd,
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Poetry & Stories

  1. A Congratulatory Poem

    While my sad Muse the darkest Covert Sought,To give a loose to Melancholy Thought;

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  2. The Disappointment

    .One Day the Amarous Lisander,By an impatient Passion sway'd,

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  3. Epitaph on the Tombstone of a Child

    This Little, Silent, Gloomy Monument,Contains all that was sweet and innocent;

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  4. Song : 'Love Armed'

    Love in fantastic triumph sat,Whilst bleeding hearts around him flow'd,

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  5. Song

    Oh love! that stronger art than Wine,Pleasing Delusion, Witchery divine,

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