Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES WRITTEN UNDER A PICTURE OF A GIRL BURNING LOVE LETTER, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I took the scroll: I could not brook Last Line: I fear'd it was love's history. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Letters; Love - Complaints | ||||||||
The lines were fill'd with many a tender thing, All the impassion'd heart's fond communing. I TOOK the scroll: I could not brook An eye to gaze on it save mine; I could not bear another's look Should dwell upon one thought of thine. My lamp was burning by my side, I held thy letter to the flame, I mark'd the blaze swift o'er it glide, It did not even spare thy name. Soon the light from the embers past, I felt so sad to see it die, So bright at first, so dark at last, I fear'd it was love's history. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALKING RICHARD WILSON BLUES, BY RICHARD CLAY WILSON by DENIS JOHNSON THE BRIDGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THROUGH AGONY: 1 by CLAUDE MCKAY HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980) by ALICE NOTLEY QUICK AND BITTER by YEHUDA AMICHAI CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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