Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROSETTE, by HEINRICH CHRISTIAN BOIE First Line: Still upon her glances waiting Last Line: And in conquest passion dies.' | ||||||||
STILL upon her glances waiting, Still desiring, supplicating, Vainly to Rosette I plead -- 'Must I in eternal trial Know the fury of denial? Pity my so constant need!' Still austerely, still unbending, Nothing my occasion mending, Cold and fair Rosette replies -- 'I would clasp in sweet submission, But that hope is love's condition, And in conquest passion dies.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OZYMANDIAS REVISITED by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP FREEDOM by RALPH WALDO EMERSON RED JACKET by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. BENJAMIN PANTIER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BEAUTY'S ARMOURY by AL-HADRAMI THE BIRDS: THE BIRDS' LIFE by ARISTOPHANES SATIRE: 4 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS MARCH: A BULL ON THE HORIZON by A. G. BECKMANN SANDY STAR: 1. SCULPTURED WORSHIP by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |
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