Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HYMN TO DESIRE, by RENE FRANCOIS ARMAND PRUDHOMME Poet's Biography First Line: O die not yet, divine desire, whose flight Last Line: Out of the drainéd cup! Alternate Author Name(s): Sully-prudhomme Subject(s): Desire; Love | ||||||||
O DIE not yet, divine Desire, whose flight Doth fan all human things, O thou who givest birth unto delight By folding of thy wings. Strange wayfarer, and is thy love outgrown Made lip and flower unseal? The hidden sources of the world unknown Wilt thou no more reveal? On Beauty's face rain kisses, O Desire! Into the pit of Truth Bear thou thy torch's still unquenchéd fire Fair Son of fading Youth! Still give us dreams, still give us love, the great Unending thirst that, ever drawing up, Is born again to life insatiate Out of the drainéd cup! | 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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