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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I WOULD BE THE SUN, by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS Poet's Biography First Line: Sun, the sun, I fain would be Last Line: Slowly, softly, to cease breathing. Subject(s): Sun | |||
SUN, the sun, I fain would be, Not the moon with stars coquetting, From each stone by sorcery Red and sweet May-roses getting. Lips of flame I fain would press On the icy souls of mortals, Till the world with eagerness Sought for wedlock churches' portals. And amid this sea of fire, Sacred waves of pure love seething, Upward borne, would I desire Slowly, softly, to cease breathing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN AGAINST EXCESS OF SEA OR SUN OR REASON by WILLIAM MEREDITH WHY I WAKE EARLY by MARY OLIVER CONTRA MORTEM: THE SUN by HAYDEN CARRUTH SERPENT SUN EYE BEWITCHING MY EYE by AIME CESAIRE |
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