Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRANSFIGURATION, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poet's Biography First Line: The grave said to the rose Last Line: I fashion an angel of heaven. Subject(s): Transfiguration | ||||||||
The grave said to the rose: With the tears dawn bestows What dost thou, O flower of love? And the rose asked the grave: In your deep yawning cave What do you with the souls from above? The rose said: Dismal tomb, These tears in earth's womb With amber and honey I leaven. The tomb said: Dainty flower, Of each soul I devour I fashion an angel of heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TRANSFIGURER by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE METAMOPHOSES: PYGMALION AND THE STATUE by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO METAMORPHOSES: BOOK 1 by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO METAMORPHOSES: BOOK 11. AESACUS TRANSFORMED INTO A CORMORANT by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO BEYOND THE IMAGE by HENRIQUETA LISBOA ODES II, 20. TO MAECENAS: THE POET PROPHESIES HIS IMMORTALITY by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS A COUP D'ETAT; AN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 4, 1851 by VICTOR MARIE HUGO A NEW SONG TO AN OLD TUNE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO |
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