Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE OF WOMAN, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poet's Biography First Line: O love, when thou dost come into my heart Last Line: Through which we pass and long to sin no more. Subject(s): Love; Women | ||||||||
O love, when thou dost come into my heart, (E'en though it be but short and changeful love,) A feeling of good-will toward all who move Seems of thy joy an ever-present part. Therefore my thought hath often pictured thee As some bright angel, who dost see how hard It is for men to love pure and unmarred, To climb the heights their aspirations see, And so dost come down with thy glorious lamp And set it in our hearts, when straight-way flee All evil impulses we could not tramp Beneath our feet while yet we knew not thee. For love of woman is the golden door Through which we pass and long to sin no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV A CLOUD FANCY by ARTHUR PETERSON |
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