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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S DENIAL, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY
First Line: Nay, snatch me not from the brands
Last Line: I will come as a god to thee.
Subject(s): Immortality
First Line: Nay, snatch me not from the brands
Last Line: I will come as a god to thee.
Subject(s): Immortality
NAY, snatch me not from the brands
Where Demophoön like I lie,
Till for thee the god shall be born,
For thee the woman shall die.
Laid here by immortal hands
I endure the fiery ruth
To bring thee ambrosial balm,
To win thee perpetual youth.
Then leave me among the brands
Till their red strength enter me,
And out of the heart of the flame
I will come as a god to thee.
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