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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (1), by WALTER RALEIGH Poet's Biography First Line: Methought I saw the grave, where laura lay Last Line: And curst th' accesse of that celestiall theife. Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter Variant Title(s): Of Spenser's Faery Queene;the Faerie Queen (to Spenser);of Edmund Spenser's Fairy Queen, A Vision Upon This Conceit Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Poetry & Poets; Spenser, Edmund (1552-1599); Francesco Petrarca | |||
Methought I saw the grave where Laura lay, Within that temple where the vestal flame Was wont to burn; and, passing by that way, To see that buried dust of living fame, Whose tomb fair Love, and fairer Virtue kept: All suddenly I saw the Fairy Queen; At whose approach the soul of Petrarch wept, And, from thenceforth, those Graces were not seen: For they this queen attended; in whose stead Oblivion laid him down on Laura'''s hearse: Hereat the hardest stones were seen to bleed, And groans of buried ghosts the heavens did pierce: Where Homer'''s spright did tremble all for grief, And cursed the access of that celestial thief! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SESTINA, IN IMITAION OF SIG. FRA. PETRARCA by PHILIP AYRES SONNETS OF LAURA: 1. REPROACH by ELIZABETH COBBOLD SONNETS OF LAURA: 2. THE VEIL by ELIZABETH COBBOLD SONNETS OF LAURA: 3. ABSENCE by ELIZABETH COBBOLD ON VISITING PETRARCH'S HOUSE by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON THE UNKNOWN ONE by HEINRICH HEINE A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (2) by WALTER RALEIGH |
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