Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PARSIFAL, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rose of the garden's roses, what pale wind Last Line: Sweet joy being shameful in the pure fool's sight. Subject(s): Flowers; Roses | ||||||||
Rose of the garden's roses, what pale wind Has scattered those flushed petals in an hour, And the close leaves of all the alleys thinned, What re-awakening wind, O sad enchantress banished to a flower? Parsifal has out-blushed the roses: dead Is all the garden of the world's delight, And every rose of joy has drooped its head, And for sweet shame is dead; Sweet joy being shameful in the pure fool's sight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHISPER OF THE ROSE by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG THE WISDOM OF THE ROSE by ELSA BARKER LOVE PLANTED A ROSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES ROSES; A VILANELLE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE PAINTER ON SILK by AMY LOWELL VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN WORDS IN A CERTAIN APPROPRIATE MODE by HAYDEN CARRUTH NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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