Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WINE, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot die, who drank delight Last Line: Of immortality? Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Variant Title(s): The Cup Subject(s): Immortality | ||||||||
I cannot die, who drank delight From the cup of the crescent moon, And hungrily as men eat bread, Loved the scented nights of June. The rest may die -- but is there not Some shining strange escape for me Who sought in Beauty the bright wine Of immortality? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WALLACE STEVENS' LETTERS by ROBERT BLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING by DAVID IGNATOW I CLOSE MY EYES by DAVID IGNATOW IN 'DESIGNING A CLOAK TO CLOAK HIS DESIGNS' YOU WRESTED FROM OBLIVION by MARIANNE MOORE THE THINGS THAT DIE by GREGORY ORR THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON YOUTH'S IMMORTALITY by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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