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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN MY LADY'S PRAISE, by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Poet's Biography First Line: God wrought you flesh and hair and eyes Last Line: That heaves with love's divine unrest. Subject(s): Love | |||
GOD wrought you flesh and hair and eyes From some immortal loom and dyes; For thou art filled with every rare And precious thing of earth, sky, air. The magical blue of warm June skies Gleams in your calm and sultry eyes; The unguent of the fragrant fields No sweeter, subtler perfume yields Than the aroma of your breath, Delicate fragrance attarred 'neath The sculptured, firm, white beauty of Your throat, arched stately there above The undulation of your breast That heaves with love's divine unrest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD SCINTILLA by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |
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