Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LUCIETTA. A FRAGMENT, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet's Biography First Line: Lucietta, my deary Last Line: Coetera desunt. Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Love – Nature Of | ||||||||
LUCIETTA, my deary, That fairest of faces! Is made up of kisses; But, in love, oft the case is Even stranger than this is -- There's another, that's slyer, Who touches me nigher, -- A Witch, an intriguer, Whose manner and figure Now piques me, excites me, Torments and delights me -- Coetera desunt. | Discover our poem explanations - click here!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRY GOING OUT OVER PASTURES by ROBERT BLY AND KNEELING AT THE EDGE OF THE TRANSPARENT SEA I SHALL SHAPE FOR ... by ANNE CARSON THE GLASS ESSAY by ANNE CARSON AMONG MY FRIENDS LOVE IS A GREAT SORROW by ROBERT DUNCAN CHOSEN BY THE LION by LINDA GREGG THE SMALL THING LOVE IS by LINDA GREGG ADVISING MYSELF by PHILIP LEVINE |
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