Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FLYING HOUSE, AND THE MAY QUEEN ETERNAL, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Queen venus, come now, be my heroine Last Line: Even that cautious smile, has hints of you. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Venus (goddess) | ||||||||
Queen Venus, come now, be my heroine, To form my pictures, and to scan my song, And dominate that tall, enchanted house, Invisible house, where I have lived so long. Fast-flying house, that crosses sea and land. House, always mine and empty but for me. Fly near me, so your shadow may be near And fall across my doors, and comfort me. That house, all lights and shadows and no walls, Has, for its doors and windows, barriers proud, Closed wings for doors, or open wings for doors And, for its windows, wind-harps, singing loud. Even your wing-whirr is a comfort there, Your wireless whisper heard, though far away, Makes you the heroine in that tall house. The romance stays, if such fine honours stay. Here I will live on shadows, if I must, Kissing one shadow's soft eyes to the end. I will write out and draw new wind-harp rhymes, Sons of your shadow's flesh and blood, dear friend. Although you swoop off, alien and far Smiling one smile a day, or maybe two, So, once or twice, life comes, and better light. Even that cautious smile, has hints of you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BIRTH OF VENUS by HAYDEN CARRUTH CUPID AND VENUS by CAROLYN KIZER AFTER PIERO DI COSIMO'S VENUS, MARS, AND AMOR by GREGORY ORR THE BIRTH OF VENUS by MURIEL RUKEYSER FOR SPRING, BY SANDRO BOTTICELLI by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI INVOCATION TO VENUS, FR. DE RERUM NATURA by TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS A NET TO SNARE THE MOONLIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY |
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