Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S FAINTNESS DEFIED, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE Poet's Biography First Line: Kiss me! Last Line: Those only died who, loved, made faint return! Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
KISS me! Are we not farther from to-day Than is to-morrow? Steeped in reality, what love possesses, Time doth but borrow; Kiss me! Canst fear what any voice can say, When all man's knowledge clearly must be guesses? Whilst joy is ours, like dogs to gain a bone They'll fawn on us for what we leave alone. Clasp me! Like sands the falling moments close, Stifling the weary; To-morrow from to-day no force can sever, Keep thou but near me. Clasp me! Canst shudder at a falling rose, When folly's proof must be to prate of "ever"? Whilst joy is ours, they'll seek us out to learn: Those only died who, loved, made faint return! | 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 BEAUTIFUL MEALS by THOMAS STURGE MOORE |
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