Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NAUTILUS, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poet's Biography First Line: Venus, take this shell, / offering of a bride! Last Line: Dread and dear. Subject(s): Nautilus (shell) | ||||||||
VENUS, take this shell, Offering of a bride! Once it rose and fell On thy moony tide; Let its pearly bulwarks dwell By thy side. Rigged with gossamer, O'er thy seas it flew; Never a wind would stir Cord or sail or crew; Halcyon-like, this mariner Cleft the blue. Blithe even so was I, Gay, light-hearted maid; Now my sails are dry, My fond crew afraid; Goddess, goddess! come, I cry, To my aid! Is it bliss or woe, Nevermore to flee O'er the full heart's flow, Indolent and free, -- As this shell strayed long ago O'er the sea? Venus, take this shell, Pearly like a tear! Ah! I cannot tell What I wish or fear; Guard me through the miracle, Dread and dear. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FEBRUARY IN ROME by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE IMPRESSION by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE LYING IN THE GRASS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE ON A LUTE FOUND IN A SARCOPHAGUS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE REVELATION by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE SUPPLIANT by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE VANISHING BOAT by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE WITH A COPY OF HERRICK by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE 1870-71 by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE A BALLAD OF THE UPPER THAMES by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE A DREAM OF NOVEMBER; TO ARTHUR SYMONS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE |
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