|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VENUS OF THE LOUVRE, by EMMA LAZARUS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Down the long hall she glistens like a star
Last Line: For vanished hellas and hebraic pain.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856); Louvre, Paris; Poetry & Poets; Sculpture & Sculptors; Venus De Milo
First Line: Down the long hall she glistens like a star
Last Line: For vanished hellas and hebraic pain.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856); Louvre, Paris; Poetry & Poets; Sculpture & Sculptors; Venus De Milo
DOWN the long hall she glistens like a star,
The foam-born mother of Love, transfixed to stone,
Yet none the less immortal, breathing on.
Time's brutal hand hath maimed but could not mar.
When first the enthralled enchantress from afar
Dazzled mine eyes, I saw not her alone,
Serenely poised on her world-worshipped throne,
As when she guided once her dove-drawn car, --
But at her feet a pale, death-stricken Jew,
Her life adorer, sobbed farewell to love.
Here Heine wept! Here still he weeps anew,
Nor ever shall his shadow lift or move,
While mourns one ardent heart, one poet-brain,
For vanished Hellas and Hebraic pain.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
THE LADY FROM MELOS by WEET DICKINSON
THE VENUS OF MILO by ALFRED NOYES
THE VENUS DE MILO by PAUL ARMAND SILVESTRE
THE VENUS OF MILO by PAUL ARMAND SILVESTRE
TO THE VENUS OF MELOS by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD
THE VENUS OF MILO by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN
SONNET, SELS. by FELIX RUBEN GARCIA SARMIENTO
TWO WORLDS: 1. THE VENUS OF MILO by RICHARD WATSON GILDER