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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MONA LISA, by ROBERT MOSES First Line: Thy face is the question of ages Last Line: Our lady divine? Subject(s): Mona Lisa; Yale University | |||
THY face is the question of ages; Thy form is the mirror of time; Round thy temples the wisdom of sages; In thy smile the foreknowledge of crime: 'Tis a smile half sneer and half sadness, The lips now curl, now repine -- Ah, gentle precursor of madness, Our Lady Divine. Thou knowest the past and the morrow, And yet in thy far-gazing eyes I see not a hint of man's sorrow, But the world-old contempt of the wise. Time's symbol unchanging thou seemest; Yet the sin-ridden past is thine, Which moulds thy form as thou dreamest, Our Lady Divine. Age has etched out thine eyelids aweary And thy fleeting intangible smile; The eyes that are somber and dreary, Thou Artemis, Circe of guile. Are we ever constrained to surrender, Forever to bow at thy shrine, Most subtle, most cruel, most tender, Our Lady Divine? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLADE OF MYSELF AND MONSIEUR RABELAIS by LEONARD BACON (1887-1954) THE BALLADE OF THE GOLDEN HORN by LEONARD BACON (1887-1954) DEATH AND THE MONK by ARTHUR E. BAKER PASSIO XL MARTYRUM by ARTHUR E. BAKER THE LAST BALLADE; MASTER FRANCOIS VILLON LOQUITUR by THOMAS BEER WERE IT ONLY NOW by A. W. BELL AS FROM THE PAST -- by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE LINE MEN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET PRELUDE TO A FAIRY TALE by EDITH SITWELL |
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