Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE OR DEATH, by PAULUS SILENTIARIUS Poet's Biography First Line: Shall we for ever stealing looks of fire Last Line: One lot together, be it life or death. Alternate Author Name(s): Paul The Silent; Paul The Silentiary | ||||||||
SHALL we for ever stealing looks of fire Fling covert glances thus with bated breath? Nay, tell aloud our loves: and if we fail Of those soft claspings, where pain vanisheth, The sword shall bring deliverance. Better far One lot together, be it life or death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TEARS OF FEAR by PAULUS SILENTIARIUS THE VAIN FAREWELL by PAULUS SILENTIARIUS TIE-DOWN OF A BONSAI by MARVIN BELL HOHENLINDEN by THOMAS CAMPBELL SCILLA'S METAMORPHOSIS: MELANCHOLY by THOMAS LODGE ON BOARD THE '76; WRITTEN FOR BRYANT'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE HIGHWAYMAN by ALFRED NOYES THE DOVE by ABUL HASAN OF SEVILLE THE ARCIERI OF MICHELANGELO by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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