Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUT OF THE SHADOWS: AN UNFINISHED SONNET-SEQUENCE 11, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. First Line: Silent I love thee. When thou deignst to speak Last Line: Morsels of heavenly fare, joys of my dreaming. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
Silent I love thee. When thou deignst to speak I love thee more. When happily thou smilest, Beloved, then upon the soul's high peak I stand, deep in the spell which thou beguilest. Bourne of the shadows, thy soft wind-blown hair Prisons my heart within the joy thou bringest. Dusk is a-quiver, all vibrant the air, When with thy darkling eyes gaily thou singest. Silent the song and yet there falls the strain, Far o'er the thrall wherein my heart thou holdest; Captive I be, but neither bar nor chain, Nor power save love about my heart thou moldest, Silence or word or smile or dark eyes gleaming Morsels of heavenly fare, joys of my dreaming. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY? by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. |
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