Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE AND SLEEP, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Recitation by Author Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lying asleep between the strokes of night Last Line: And glittering eyelids of my soul's desire. Subject(s): Beauty; Love; Sleep | ||||||||
LYING asleep between the strokes of night I saw my love lean over my sad bed, Pale as the duskiest lily's leaf or head, Smooth-skinned and dark, with bare throat made to bite, Too wan for blushing and too warm for white, But perfect-colored without white or red. And her lips opened amorously, and said -- I wist not what, saving one word -- Delight. And all her face was honey to my mouth, And all her body pasture to mine eyes; The long lithe arms and hotter hands than fire, The quivering flanks, hair smelling of the south, The bright light feet, the splendid supple things And glittering eyelids of my soul's desire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 3 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 22 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE GOING TO SLEEP by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN THE BLUE NAP by WILLIAM MATTHEWS A BALLAD OF DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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