Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS OF SEVEN CITIES: NEW ORLEANS, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: Dark, languorous, with heavy lidded eyes Last Line: Her brain is building towers, ports and ships! Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form) | ||||||||
Dark, languorous, with heavy lidded eyes That glow and smolder with a constant fire, She stirs men's hearts with glorious desire By glances turned upon them waywardwise; She is incarnate carnival, she plies Her cavaliers with wine of mystery, Under her mask they know not what there lies, But linger, rapt, enchanted, till they see. No disillusion greets them when she lifts That dainty mask, for she is fair and kind. But take her not for one who idly drifts Through lazy days with purpose undesigned For though her eyes are warm, and warm her lips, Her brain is building towers, ports and ships! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAS THAT REALLY A SONNET? by ANSELM HOLLO RETICENT SONNET by ANNE CARSON SONNET: OF THREE GIRLS AND OF THEIR TALK by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO WHAT THE SONNET IS by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON ON A MAGAZINE SONNET by RUSSELL HILLARD LOINES THE HOUSE OF LIFE: THE SONNET (INTRODUCTION) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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