Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A GOLDEN HEART, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography First Line: Pledge of departed bliss Last Line: To mark it as a thrall of past captivity. Subject(s): Hearts; Love - Loss Of | ||||||||
PLEDGE of departed bliss, Once gentlest, holiest token! Art thou more faithful than thy mistress is, That ever I must wear thee, And on my besom bear thee, Although the bond that knit her soul with mine is broken? Why shouldest thou prove stronger? Short are the days of love, and wouldst thou make them longer? Lili! in vain I shun thee! Thy spell is still upon me. In vain I wander through the distant forests strange, In vain I roam at will By foreign glade and hill, For, ah! where'er I range, Beside my heart, the heart of Lili nestles still! Like a bird that breaks its twine, Is this poor heart of mine: It fain into the summer bowers would fly, And yet it cannot be Again so wholly free; For always it must bear The token which is there, To mark it as a thrall of past captivity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER POSSESS IT by MARK JARMAN THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LOVE COME AND GONE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 33 by JAMES JOYCE A SCOTCH SONG by JOANNA BAILLIE A SONG FROM THE COPTIC by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE FAUST: SCENE 1. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE |
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