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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CONJECTURE, by CHARLES FRANCIS RICHARDSON Poet's Biography First Line: I wonder, dear, if you had been Last Line: Seen love make bright our yearning faces. | |||
I WONDER, dear, if you had been The maiden queen's pet maid of honor, A flower of that fair time wherein A court of roses smiled upon her, And I, erewhile, by Trojan wall Had fiercely fought for Grecian glory, Beheld the pride of Priam fall, And home in Athens told the story, Whether we, wandering in the glow Of the Hereafter's radiant spaces, Would there have mutely met, and so Seen love make bright our yearning faces. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE by CHARLES FRANCIS RICHARDSON PRAYER by CHARLES FRANCIS RICHARDSON THE PERFECT LIFE by CHARLES FRANCIS RICHARDSON AFTER TWO YEARS by RICHARD ALDINGTON THE CANTERBURY TALES: THE GENERAL PROLOGUE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER FOUR-LEAF CLOVER by ELLA (RHOADS) HIGGINSON THE GREENWOOD SHRIFT; GEORGE III AND A DYING WOMAN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE WORLD (1) by HENRY VAUGHAN PASSIO XL MARTYRUM by ARTHUR E. BAKER DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 21 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH EPITAPH ON MR. FRANCIS LEE OF THE TEMPLE, GENT. by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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