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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO GIULIA GRISI, AFTER HEARING HER IN ANNA BOLENA, by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS Poet's Biography
First Line: When the rose is brightest
Last Line: The last drop into mine.
Subject(s): Grisi, Giulia (1811-1869); Opera
First Line: When the rose is brightest
Last Line: The last drop into mine.
Subject(s): Grisi, Giulia (1811-1869); Opera
WHEN the rose is brightest,
Its bloom will soonest die;
When burns the meteor brightest,
'T will vanish from the sky
If Death but wait until delight
O'errun the heart like wine,
And break the cup when brimming quite,
I die -- for thou hast poured to-night
The last drop into mine.
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