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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TASSO TO LEONORA: 3, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poet's Biography First Line: I shall forget thee -- yes, I shall forget Last Line: Thy name a flower wrought in a poet's verse. Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley Subject(s): Love; Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595) | |||
I SHALL forget thee—yes, I shall forget Thee and the Heavens that glorify the night, Those silver summits trembling in the light Of the descended moon, suns that have set, Earth and the shoreless waters, all that yet Has winged my soul for her tempestuous flight— And dreams they send to seek me shall but light On some gray stone wreathed with the violet. Mingling thy dust with men that knew thee not, Of me forgetful then thou'lt not complain, And all we were shall be so much forgot; They who the history of our days rehearse Shall call my grief a phantom of the brain, Thy name a flower wrought in a poet's verse. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAMENT OF TASSO by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TASSO AND HIS SISTER by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS TASSO'S CORONATION by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE RELEASE OF TASSO by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS TASSO TO LEONORA: 1 by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS TASSO TO LEONORA: 2 by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS TASSO TO LEONORA: 4 by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS ON DELACROIX'S PICTURE OF TASSO IN PRISON by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE |
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