Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHAINS, by RENE FRANCOIS ARMAND PRUDHOMME Poet's Biography First Line: A rhythm can link me with melodious air Last Line: They rend in me some fleshly fastening. Alternate Author Name(s): Sully-prudhomme Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
A RHYTHM can link me with melodious air, And velvet's softness with this rose I feel; A smile can take my eyes as in a snare, A kiss can hold my lips as with a seal. In such frail bonds my life is held by love Of thousand other souls whereto I cling; How soft soever be the gusts that move They rend in me some fleshly fastening. | 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 ALONE by RENE FRANCOIS ARMAND PRUDHOMME AU BORD DE DEAU by RENE FRANCOIS ARMAND PRUDHOMME BEFORE THE APOLLO OF THE BELVEDERE by RENE FRANCOIS ARMAND PRUDHOMME |
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