Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNKNOWN ONE, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: Every day I have a meeting Last Line: He himself no further ventured. Subject(s): Love; Names; Passion; Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca | ||||||||
EVERY day I have a meeting With my golden-tressed beauty In the Tuileries' fair garden Underneath the chesnuts' shadow. Every day she goes to walk there With two old and ugly women -- Are they aunts? or else two soldiers Muffled up in women's garments? Overawed by the mustachios Of her masculine attendants, And still further overawed too By the feelings in my bosom, I ne'er ventured e'en one sighing Word to whisper as I pass'd her, And with looks I scarcely ventured Ever to proclaim my passion. For the first time I to-day have Learnt her name. Her name is Laura, Like the Provencal fair maiden Whom the famous poet loved so. Laura is her name! I've gone now Just as far as Master Petrarch, Who the fair one celebrated In canzonas and in sonnets. Laura is her name! like Petrarch I can now platonically Revel in this name euphonious -- He himself no further ventured. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (1) by WALTER RALEIGH A SESTINA, IN IMITAION OF SIG. FRA. PETRARCA by PHILIP AYRES SONNETS OF LAURA: 1. REPROACH by ELIZABETH COBBOLD SONNETS OF LAURA: 2. THE VEIL by ELIZABETH COBBOLD SONNETS OF LAURA: 3. ABSENCE by ELIZABETH COBBOLD ON VISITING PETRARCH'S HOUSE by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON |
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