Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RONDO, by GEORGE AUGUSTUS MOORE Poet's Biography First Line: Did I love thee? I only did desire Last Line: I loved thee not. Subject(s): Desire; Love | ||||||||
Did I love thee? I only did desire To hold thy body unto mine, And smite it with strange fire Of kisses burning as a wine, And catch thy odorous hair, and twine It thro' my fingers amorously. Did I love thee? Did I love thee? I only did desire To watch thine eyelids lilywise Closed down, and thy warm breath respire As it came through the thickening sighs, And speak my love in such fair guise Of passion's sobbing agony. Did I love thee? Did I love thee? I only did desire To drink thy perfume of thy blood In vision, and thy senses tire Seeing them shift from ebb to flood In consonant sweet interlude, And if love such a thing not be, I loved thee not. | 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 RONDEL by GEORGE AUGUSTUS MOORE |
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