Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF LIFE WERE A BANQUET, by JOSEPHINE AUGUSTA CASS First Line: If life were a banquet, and beauty were wine Last Line: And pure lips alone touch the chalice! Subject(s): Wellesley College | ||||||||
IF Life were a banquet, and Beauty were wine, And Being the cup to contain it, What duty had man save at ease to recline, Drink deeply, and never disdain it? If Life were a banquet, and Beauty were wine, And Being the cup to contain it! If Life were a banquet, and Glory were wine, And Pain were the strong bowl that held it, Would any man pause ere he quaffed, or repine At the cost, though his heart's blood had swelled it? If Life were a banquet, and Glory were wine, And Pain were the strong bowl that held it! If Life were a banquet, and Love were the wine, And pure lips alone touched the chalice, What soul would refuse for a draught so divine, To purge itself wholly from malice? But Life is a banquet, and Love is the wine, And pure lips alone touch the chalice! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES WRITTEN TO A TRANSLATOR OF GREEK POETRY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON THE LESSER BEAUTY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON WORK by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON IN MEMORY: MISS JEWETT by GRACE ALLERTON ANDREWS HERE ENTER NOT by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON I CLEANED MY HOUSE TODAY by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON MY GARDEN by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON IN ARCADIE by JOSEPHINE AUGUSTA CASS WAITER IN A CALIFORNIA VIETNAMESE RESTURANT by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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