Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RED LILY, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I call her the red lily. Lo! She stands Last Line: As, woven once, what lordliest will can break? Subject(s): Flowers; Lilies | ||||||||
I CALL her the Red Lily. Lo! she stands From all her milder sister flowers apart; A conscious grace in those fair-folded hands, Pressed on the guileful throbbings of her heart! I call her the Red Lily. As all airs Of North or South, the Lily's leaves that stir, Seem lost in languorous sweetness that despairs Of blissful life or hope, except through her; So this Red Lily of maids, this human flower, Yielding no love, all sweets of love doth take, Twining such spells of passion's secret power As, woven once, what lordliest will can break? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NUNS PAINTING WATER-LILIES by WALLACE STEVENS THE SECRET GARDEN by ELEANOR WILNER THE CLOTE (WATER-LILY) by WILLIAM BARNES THE LILY, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE MARIPOSA LILY by INA DONNA COOLBRITH TO A LILY by JAMES MATHEWES LEGARE THE WATER-LILY by JOHN BANISTER TABB A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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