Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNREQUITED, by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN Poet's Biography First Line: Passion? Not hers, within whose virgin eyes Last Line: The rose bloomed on, fair and unnoticing. Subject(s): Love - Unrequited | ||||||||
PASSION? not hers, within whose virgin eyes All Eden lay.--And I remember how I drank the Heaven of her gaze with sighs-- She never sighed, nor gave me kiss or vow. So have I seen a clear October pool, Cold, liquid topaz, set within the sear Gold of the woodland, tremorless and cool, Reflecting all the heartbreak of the year. Sweetheart? not she whose voice was music sweet; Whose face was sweeter than melodious prayer. Sweetheart I called her.--When did she repeat Sweet to one hope or heart to one despair? So have I seen a rose set round with thorn, Sung to and sung to by a bird of spring, And when, breast-pierced, the bird lay all forlorn, The rose bloomed on, fair and unnoticing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TUTTO E SCIOLTO by JAMES JOYCE APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL ELEGY FOR AN ENEMY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ESSAY ON WHAT I THINK ABOUT MOST by ANNE CARSON KU KLUX by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN |
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