Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THREE WOMEN: SYLVIA, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR First Line: In the twilight was her birth Last Line: Not quite human from the first. Subject(s): Women | ||||||||
IN the twilight was her birth Of a passion and a prayer; Half of heaven, half of earth, Kin to wildlings of the air. Finely tuned to joy and pain, At a breath her mind will stir; Love may hurt his hands in vain At the doorless heart of her. Like an opal, fair with flaws, Rarely blessed, darkly cursed, She was made in scorn of laws, Not quite human from the first. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV A LYNMOUTH WIDOW by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |
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