Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COLLAR, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Who taught fair cleopatra how to bring Last Line: I'll watch you round the corner of my fears. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Collars; Love | ||||||||
WHO taught fair Cleopatra how to bring Mark Antony to her knees -- the touch of love, As soft as velvet, that could stroke the wing Of a butterfly and take no powder off; The gentle purr that made eternal Rome, With all its marble, melt in that sweet sound, And vanish like the mist, when it has come Into a man's full height above the ground? When I see how a cat has, even now, With its own body curled and crouching low, Made a large, heavy collar, soft and warm, For that girl's neck, I think, with no alarm, If, young one, that's your friend -- as it was Hers -- I'll watch you round the corner of my fears. | 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 A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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