Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOR MADAME, by ISAAC DE BENSERADE


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

FOR MADAME, by                    
First Line: When you behold your graciousness and glory
Last Line: With these three goddesses that in her soul unite.
Subject(s): Beauty; Goddesses & Gods; Mythology


WHEN you beholde her graciousness and glory,
The beauty of her features, the splendour of her birth,
Like to the goddesses of early Grecian story
Would you not take her for Juno come to earth?

When you behold how all are fain to serve her,
When in her company how all men have adored,
Her eyes that are shining with all grace and loving fervour,
Would you not take her for Venus' self restored?

Pallas it is that in her body dwelleth
Masking all her pride in her gentleness of soul,
Never showing on her brow the haughty frown that quelleth,
Keeping her heart and her noble spirit whole.

Were Paris here to give again his favour,
Swift would be his choosing now since without despite,
She alone would share the apple that he gave her
With these three goddesses that in her soul unite.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net