Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S COMPARINGS, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: Carnations and lilies are hueless Last Line: Wherever her feet may fare. Subject(s): Carnations; Faces; Flowers; Hair; Laughter; Lilies; Love; Spring | ||||||||
CARNATIONS and lilies are hueless When set by the face of my fair, And fine-woven gold is but worthless If weighed with the wealth of her hair; Through arches of coral passes Her laughter that banisheth care, And flowers spring fresh 'mongst the grasses Wherever her feet may fare. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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