Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by THOMAS MOORE Poet's Biography First Line: Take back the sigh, thy lips of art Last Line: As sweetly as they've ruin'd mine! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Freedom; Liberty | ||||||||
TAKE back the sigh, thy lips of art In passion's moment breathed to me; Yet, no -- it must not, will not part, 'Tis now the life-breath of my heart, And has become too pure for thee! Take back the kiss, that faithless sigh With all the warmth of truth impress'd Yet, no -- the fatal kiss may lie, Upon thy lip its sweets would die, Or bloom to make a rival blest! Take back the vows that, night and day, My heart received, I thought, from thine; Yet, no -- allow them still to stay, They might some other heart betray, As sweetly as they've ruin'd mine! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER A CANADIAN BOAT SONG; WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE by THOMAS MOORE |
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