Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MODERN LOVE: 50, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thus piteously love closed what he begat Last Line: To throw that faint thin line upon the shore! Variant Title(s): "thus Piteously Love Closed What He Begat""; Subject(s): Divorce; Love; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
Thus piteously Love closed what he begat: The union of this ever-diverse pair! These two were rapid falcons in a snare, Condemned to do the flitting of the bat. Lovers beneath the singing sky of May, They wandered once; clear as the dew on flowers: But they fed not on the advancing hours: Their hearts held cravings for the buried day. Then each applied to each that fatal knife, Deep questioning, which probes to endless dole. Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life! - In tragic hints here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To throw that faint thin line upon the shore! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV DIRGE IN WOODS by GEORGE MEREDITH |
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