Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG (4), by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where do purple bubbles swim Last Line: As thus, with bow'd down head, she sung. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia | ||||||||
WHERE do purple bubbles swim But upon the goblet's brim? Drink not deep, howe'er it glow, Sparkles never lie below. Beautiful the light that flows From the rich leaves of the rose; Keep it, -- then ask, where hath fled Summer's gift of morning red? Earth's fair are her fleeting things; Heaven, too, lends her angel's wings. What can charms to pleasure give, Such as being fugitive? Thus with love: oh! never try Further than a blush or sigh; Blush gone with the clouds that share it, Sigh pass'd with the winds that bear it. BUT met she then young VIDAL'S eye, His half sad, half reproachful sigh: His ISABELLE! and could she be Votaress of inconstancy? As if repentant of her words, Blushing she bent her o'er the chords; With fainter tones the harp then rung, As thus, with bow'd down head, she sung. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FELICIA HEMANS by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE CASTLE OF CHILLON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE FACTORY; 'TIS AN ACCURSED THING! by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE FEMALE CONVICT by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE MARRIAGE VOW by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A CHILD SCREENING A DOVE FROM A HAWK, BY STEWARDSON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A COMPARISON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A GIRL AT HER DEVOTIONS, BY NEWTON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A HISTORY OF THE LYRE by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A LADY'S BEAUTY by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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