|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 3. BEAUTY UNLOOKED FOR, by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913)
First Line: Not sweeter was the breast of venus white
Last Line: Where silver ripples chime on english shore.
Subject(s): Beauty
First Line: Not sweeter was the breast of venus white
Last Line: Where silver ripples chime on english shore.
Subject(s): Beauty
Not sweeter was the breast of Venus white,
Or bloom of Helen, soft in Grecian air,
Or outpoured glory of the coal-black hair
That maddened Antony with fierce delight,
Than beauty bursting forth to sudden sight
Within our streets, and making fog-banks fair.
Not all our London dreariest mists impair
The glory of mist-piercing glances bright.
One may meet Daphne or a Grecian maid
By Thames, within some oak or beechen glade:
One may find Psyche 'mid the wild streets' roar.
Or, seeking not so pure and sweet a form,
Clasp suddenly the breast of Venus warm
Where silver ripples chime on English shore.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN
DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS
THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS
HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS
LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS
REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS
SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS
A GIFT OF SPRING by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913)