Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR AN ALLEGORICAL DANCE OF WOMEN (BY ANDREA MANTEGNA), by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Scarcely, I think; yet it indeed may be Last Line: With all, though the mind's labour run to nought. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Variant Title(s): Sonnets For Pictures: 3. A Dance Of Nymphs, By Andrea Mantegna Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506); Paintings & Painters | ||||||||
(In the Louvre) SCARCELY, I think; yet it indeed may be The meaning reached him, when this music rang Clear through his frame, a sweet possessive pang, And he beheld these rocks and that ridged sea. But I believe that, leaning tow'rds them, he Just felt their hair carried across his face As each girl passed him; nor gave ear to trace How many feet; nor bent assuredly His eyes from the blind fixedness of thought To know the dancers. It is bitter glad Even unto tears. Its meaning filleth it, A secret of the wells of Life: to wit:-- The heart's each pulse shall keep the sense it had With all, though the mind's labour run to nought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1801: AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE ENVOY TO CONSTANTINOPLE by RICHARD HOWARD VENETIAN INTERIOR, 1889 by RICHARD HOWARD THERE IS A GOLD LIGHT IN CERTAIN OLD PAINTINGS by DONALD JUSTICE DUTCH INTERIORS by JANE KENYON INVITATION TO A PAINTER: 3 by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE CHINA PAINTERS by TED KOOSER ELEGY FOR SOL LEWITT by ANN LAUTERBACH ON THE SEPARATION OF ADAM AND EVE by TIMOTHY LIU FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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