Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DON JUAN ON HIS KNEES, by ANNETTE PATTON CORNELL First Line: God, I am weary of women and kisses! Last Line: Send me a dream that remains but a dream! Subject(s): Don Juan | ||||||||
God, I am weary of women and kisses! So gay is the chase but how dull is the prize. Eyes that allure me -- oh, let them betray me! Lips that breathe promise -- oh, let them tell lies! For I am cursed and cannot capture pleasure in my own pretext; and even while I kiss a shoulder look beyond it to the next. Waste not your pity, dear Lord, on the conquered; but know my despair as I see the dream fade. Since you deny me the deathless illusion, grant me one woman I cannot persuade. For I am cursed and cannot measure any day by faith and peace; and though I would be slave to loving, passion buys unsought release. Lips that meet mine are but ashes of beauty. Fire is my symbol, destroying my scheme. Where is the daughter of fire to resist me? Send me a dream that remains but a dream! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DON JUAN'S SONG by ISAAC ROSENBERG DON JUAN IN HELL by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE DON JUAN: CANTO 1 by GEORGE GORDON BYRON DON JUAN: DEDICATION [OR, INVOCATION] by GEORGE GORDON BYRON FRAGMENT, ON THE BACK OF THE POET'S MS. OF CANTO I OF 'DON JUAN' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON DON JUAN: CANTO 10 by GEORGE GORDON BYRON DON JUAN: CANTO 11 by GEORGE GORDON BYRON DON JUAN: CANTO 12 by GEORGE GORDON BYRON DON JUAN: CANTO 13 by GEORGE GORDON BYRON BALLAD OF THE LADY IN HELL by ANNETTE PATTON CORNELL |
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