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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 |
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