Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STANZAS CONCERNING LOVE, by STEFAN GEORGE Poet's Biography First Line: A novice when I came beneath thy gaze Last Line: When the cloudless morning rises cold. Subject(s): Hearts; Love | ||||||||
I A NOVICE when I came beneath thy gaze, There was no wonder in mine eyes before And no desire till I beheld thy grace. Be thou benign to young hands folded where I pray to be thy servant evermore. And with long-suffering compassion spare The feet still faltering on alien ways. II Now that my lips are very still and burn Do I behold whither have gone my feet: Into a splendid realm for others meet. Ah, yet perchance it was the hour to turn, When thro' the lofty gateway seemed to shine The eyes whose light my bended knees entreat Seeking my own and giving me a sign. III Dead forever is my world of old. Sense and spirit for thy presence reaches, Interchange of unimagined speeches, Grace, withdrawal, service manifold. Only thee would I in dreams behold, And I mourn the visions fugitive With the golden dark wherein they live, When the cloudless morning rises cold. | 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 COME TO THE PARK by STEFAN GEORGE DARK BURNED THE SUNSET by STEFAN GEORGE FROM OUT OF THE GLOW THE WRATH OF HEAVEN SPOKE: by STEFAN GEORGE |
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