Fire—tears— And the torture-chamber, With the last maddening turn of the screw— Only thus Is one precious drop distilled Of the attar of rose Of the heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO AN UNBORN PAUPER CHILD by THOMAS HARDY A LIFE'S PARALLELS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI HOLYHEAD, SEPTEMBER 25, 1727 by JONATHAN SWIFT QUATRAIN: HERRICK by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE FIRST BUD O' THE YEAR by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN CHARLIE HE'S MY DARLING by ROBERT BURNS LINES ON REVISITING CATHCART by THOMAS CAMPBELL DOMESTIC PEACE; SONG, FR. THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |