Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOOKING AT A PORTRAIT, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. First Line: O why are there eyes like these Last Line: O why are there arms like these? Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Portraits | ||||||||
O why are there eyes like these, That sparkle and dapple and tease, So wide with the morning, so deep with the night, Dancing and gleaming in passioned delight? O why are there eyes like these? O why are there lips like these, Caressed by the southern breeze, That beckon and call and hold a slave All who therewith each soul-cry lave? O why are there lips like these? O why are there arms like these, That crumple and crush as they please A weak man's heart, and in their embrace Bring a glow of red to a strong man's face? O why are there arms like these? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AQUATINT FRAMED IN GOLD by AMY LOWELL PORTRAIT OF X (III) by THOMAS LUX PORTRAIT OF THE GREAT WHITE HUNTER FOXHUNTING IN THE ABSENCE OF BIG... by CLARENCE MAJOR PORTRAIT OF A MAN by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER PORTRAITE DE L'ARTISTE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER FAMILY PORTRAIT by KENNETH PATCHEN FEMALE PORTRAIT, 19TH CENTURY by TOMAS TRANSTROMER AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY? by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. |
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