|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HAFIZ, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Though gifts like thine the fates gave not to me
Last Line: Where she stands smiling, we kneel down to her!
Subject(s): Hafez (1326-1390); Hafiz (1326-139)
First Line: Though gifts like thine the fates gave not to me
Last Line: Where she stands smiling, we kneel down to her!
Subject(s): Hafez (1326-1390); Hafiz (1326-139)
THOUGH gifts like thine the fates gave not to me,
One thing, O Hafiz, we both hold in fee --
Nay, it holds us; for when the June wind blows
We both are slaves and lovers to the rose.
In vain the pale Circassian lily shows
Her face at her green lattice, and in vain
The violet beckons, with unveiled face --
The bosom's white, the lip's light purple stain,
These touch our liking, yet no passion stir.
But when the rose comes, Hafiz -- in that place
Where she stands smiling, we kneel down to her!
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. HAFIZ TO THE CUP-BEARER by EDWARD CARPENTER
HAFIZ by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN
AFTER THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
APPRECIATION by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
BABY BELL by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
BEFORE THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
BY THE POTOMAC by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH