Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HINT FROM VOITURE, by WILLIAM SHENSTONE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let sol his annual journeys run Last Line: To match -- what celia never shows him. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
Let Sol his annual journeys run, And when the radiant task is done, Confess, through all the globe, 'twould pose him To match the charms that Celia shows him. And should he boast he once had seen As just a form, as bright a mien, Yet must it still for ever pose him To match -- what Celia never shows him. | 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 WRITTEN AT AN INN AT HENLEY by WILLIAM SHENSTONE A SOLEMN MEDITATION by WILLIAM SHENSTONE ELEGY: 11. HE COMPLAINS HOW SOON THE NOVELTY OF LIVE IS OVER by WILLIAM SHENSTONE |
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