Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE GHOST OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair, ruthless ghost, I know you well! Last Line: Hearts still are playthings: fare you well. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Ghosts; Mary, Queen Of Scots (1542-1587); Supernatural; Mary Stuart | ||||||||
FAIR, ruthless Ghost, I know you well! High poets praised you with their lays, Yet could not half your beauty tell; So, now, your loveliness dismays My rhyme, and mocks my poor essays To hint, in words, its magic spell. Ah, witching Queen, strange woes befell The bards who served you in old days! Sweet, ruthless Ghost, their songs of praise Like warning music with me dwell, And bid me to beware your plays With love and death -- your charm repel. You smile again! that smile betrays Hearts still are playthings: Fare you well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALAS! POOR QUEEN by MARION ANGUS MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS by HENRY GLASSFORD BELL THE DAUGHTER OF DEBATE by ELIZABETH I THE TRAGIC MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS: 1 by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY LAMENT OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING by ROBERT BURNS QUEEN MARY AT FOTHERINGAY by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR ON LOCH LEVEN by CHRISTIAN CARSTAIRS ON THE EXECUTION OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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