PALLID with too much longing, White with passion and prayer, Goddess of love and beauty, She sits in the picture there, -- Sits with her dark eyes seeking Something more subtle still Than the old delights of loving Her measureless days to fill. She has loved and been loved so often In her long, immortal years, That she tires of the worn-out rapture, Sickens of hopes and fears. No joys or sorrows move her, Done with her ancient pride; For her head she found too heavy The crown she has cast aside. Clothed in her scarlet splendor, Bright with her glory of hair, Sad that she is not mortal, -- Eternally sad and fair, Longing for joys she knows not, Athirst with a vain desire, There she sits in the picture, Daughter of foam and fire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEPARTURE IN THE DARK by CECIL DAY LEWIS ON A MAGAZINE SONNET by RUSSELL HILLARD LOINES TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE FIRST DAY: PRELUDE. THE WAYSIDE INN by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE WINGED WORSHIPPERS; ADDRESSED TO TWO SWALLOWS .. DURING SERVICE by CHARLES SPRAGUE MY BED IS A BOAT by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |