Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROSETTE, by HEINRICH CHRISTIAN BOIE First Line: Still upon her glances waiting Last Line: And in conquest passion dies.' | ||||||||
STILL upon her glances waiting, Still desiring, supplicating, Vainly to Rosette I plead -- 'Must I in eternal trial Know the fury of denial? Pity my so constant need!' Still austerely, still unbending, Nothing my occasion mending, Cold and fair Rosette replies -- 'I would clasp in sweet submission, But that hope is love's condition, And in conquest passion dies.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SUPPLIANT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON NOTHING WILL DIE by ALFRED TENNYSON THE BLACKBIRD by WILLIAM BARNES THE MODERN TIPPLING PHILOSOPHERS by JAMES HAY BEATTIE PIONEERS OF SOUTH DAKOTA by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN PSALM 82 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE SURSUM CORDA by MARGARET CARROLL BRADY MYSTERY: 1 by ANNE MILLAY BREMER ANSWER TO LINES WRITTEN IN ROUSSEAU'S LETTERS OF AN ITALIAN NUN by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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