Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POSSESSION, by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A poet loved a star Last Line: "I miss from earth a poet." Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert Subject(s): Marriage; Poetry & Poets; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
A POET loved a Star, And to it whispered nightly, "Being so fair, why art thou, love, so far? Or why so coldly shine, who shin'st so brightly? O Beauty wooed and unpossest! O, might I to this beating breast But clasp thee once and then die blest!" That Star her Poet's love, So wildly warm, made human; And leaving, for his sake, her heaven above, His Star stooped earthward, and became a Woman. "Thou who hast wooed and hast possest, My lover, answer: Which was best, The Star's beam or the Woman's breast?" "I miss from heaven," the man replied, "A light that drew my spirit to it." And to the man the woman sighed, "I miss from earth a poet." | 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 THE LAST WISH by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: AUX ITALIENS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: THE CHESSBOARD by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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