Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by AUBREY DE VERE First Line: Slanting both hands against her forehead Last Line: Or lure jove's herald from above! Subject(s): Smerwick, Ireland | ||||||||
Slanting both hands against her forehead, On me she levelled her bright eyes; My whole heart brightened as the sea When midnight clouds part suddenly; Through all my spirit went the lustre Like starlight poured through purple skies. And then she sang aloud, sweet music, Yet louder as aloft it clomb; Soft when her curving lips it left; Then rising till the heavens were cleft, As though each strain, on high expanding, Were echoes in a silver dome. But ah! she sings she does not love me; She loves to say she ne'er can love; To me her beauty she denies, Bending the while on me those eyes Whose beams might charm the mountain leopard, Or lure Jove's herald from above! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ROCK OF CASHEL by AUBREY DE VERE A NIGHT AT CORFU by AUBREY DE VERE CASTLECONNEL by AUBREY DE VERE COAST SCENERY by AUBREY DE VERE GOUGAUNE BARRA by AUBREY DE VERE |
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