Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLAIM TO LOVE, by GIOVANNI BATTISTA GUARINI Poet's Biography First Line: Alas! Alas! Thou turn'st in vain Last Line: Than where it scatters light. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
Alas! alas! thou turn'st in vain Thy beauteous face away, Which, like young sorcerers, rais'd a pain Above its power to lay. Love moves not as thou turn'st thy look, But here doth firmly rest: He long ago thine eyes forsook To revel in my breast. Thy power on him why hop'st thou more Than his on me should be? The claim thou lay'st to him is poor To that he owns from me. His substance in my heart excels, His shadow, in thy sight; Fire where it burns more truly dwells Than where it scatters light. | 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 DREAM OF HIS LADY by GIOVANNI BATTISTA GUARINI FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY by GIOVANNI BATTISTA GUARINI MASQUE OF THE VIRTUES AGAINST LOVE by GIOVANNI BATTISTA GUARINI |
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