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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S BURIAL-PLACE: A MADRIGAL, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: If love be dead
Last Line: And died at length of a decline.'
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
First Line: If love be dead
Last Line: And died at length of a decline.'
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of
Lady. If Love be dead --
Poet. And I aver it!
Lady. Tell me, Bard! where Love lies buried?
Poet. Love lies buried where 'twas born:
Oh, gentle dame! think it no scorn
If, in my fancy, I presume
To call thy bosom poor Love's Tomb.
And on that tomb to read the line: --
'Here lies a Love that once seem'd mine
But caught a chill, as I divine,
And died at length of a Decline.'
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