Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WILLS OF THE WISP; A SAPPHIC, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lunatic witch-fires! Ghosts of light and motion Last Line: Black-ey'd rebecca! Subject(s): Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy | ||||||||
Lunatic Witch-fires! Ghosts of Light and Motion! Fearless I see you weave your wanton dances Near me, far off me; you, that tempt the traveller Onward and onward. Wooing, retreating, till the swamp beneath him Groans -- and 'tis dark! -- This woman's wile -- I know it! Learnt it from thee, from thy perfidious glances! Black-ey'd Rebecca! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RITUAL AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF by PETER JOHNSON THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. PURKAPILE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: TOM MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IF THERE'S A GOD... by GREGORY ORR A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A DAY DREAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW, OF SADDLEBACK IN CUMBERLAND by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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