Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S QUICKENING, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: Ere love from barren chaos drew the skies Last Line: I find the ordered pathway of my soul. Subject(s): Heaven; Life; Love; Soul; Truth; Paradise | ||||||||
ERE Love from barren Chaos drew the skies, Piercing its womb that hid the light of day, Beneath primaeval earth's and water's sway The shapeless Heavens lay whelmed, in dark disguise. Even so my sluggish soul, too dull to rise, Within this body's gross and heavy clay Without or form or feature shapeless lay Until Love's arrow pierced it from your eyes. Love brought me life and power and truth and light, Made pure my inmost heart through his control, And shaped my being to a perfect whole. He warms my veins, he lights my thought, his flight Snatches me upward, till in Heaven's height I find the ordered pathway of my soul. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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