Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG (10), by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Breathe not of love Last Line: And give me his wings. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
OH! breathe not of love, Or breathe not to me, If constant for aye Must your love-motto be. Where are the things The fairest on earth; Is it not in their change That their beauty has birth? The neck of the peacock, The iris's dyes, The light in the opal, The April-day skies: -- Would they be lovely, As all of them are, But for the chance And the change that are there? Breathe no vow to me, I will give none of mine; Love must light in an instant, As quickly decline. His blushes, his sighs, Are bewildering things; Then away with his fetters, And give me his wings. | 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 CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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