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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ACROSTICS, by GEORGE MOSES HORTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mistress of green in flowers arrayed Last Line: Seeking a friend so long desired -- | |||
Mistress of green in flowers arrayed Alluring all my heart away Replete with glory not to fade Yet flourish in eternal May -- Eternalized by distant fame -- Void of a shade in bloom divine -- Pleasures await thy sacred name Or bid thee still proceed (s) to shine Who has surpassed thy heavenly mein Expression will forbear to tell Like thee not one I yet have seen Let all adore thee lovely belle So let our names togather blend In floods of union to the end Or flow togather soul in soul Nor distance break the soft control -- How pleasing is the thought to me A thought of such a nymph as thee Reverts my language into song That flows delightful soft along -- Return to me a soft reply On which I must with joy rely Give me thy hand and then thy heart Entirely mingled not to part Relume the tapor near expired Seeking a friend so long desired -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON HEARING OF INTENTION .. TO PURCHASE THE POET'S FREEDOM by GEORGE MOSES HORTON ON LIBERTY AND SLAVERY by GEORGE MOSES HORTON A SLAVE'S REFLECTIONS THE EVE BEFORE HIS SALE by GEORGE MOSES HORTON CONNUBIAL FELICITY by GEORGE MOSES HORTON DEATH OF AN OLD CARRIAGE HORSE by GEORGE MOSES HORTON DIVISION OF AN ESTATE by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EARLY AFFECTION by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EXCITED FROM READING THE OBEDIENCE OF NATURE TO HER LORD IN VESSEL SEA by GEORGE MOSES HORTON EXECUTION OF PRIVATE HENRY ANDERSON by GEORGE MOSES HORTON FAREWELL TO FRANCES by GEORGE MOSES HORTON |
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