Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EOTHEN, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poet's Biography First Line: Although I have not seen thee face to face Last Line: Or the last slave-bride to her lord is brought. Subject(s): Books; Writing & Writers; Reading | ||||||||
Although I have not seen thee face to face, Nor haply shall, strange world of all my dreams, Yet, when I read this book, it ever seems As though I knew thee and had leave to pace Through fancy's faith, born of the writer's grace, Toward the city of roses and wide streams Beneath the purple mountain crag that gleams 'Gainst the red sunset in a desert place, Till through an eastward gate I pass into A world of women veiled and silent men, A white and ghostly world, stiller than thought, Where never voice or music sounds save when Some plague-stained bier is hurried out of view, Or the last slave-bride to her lord is brought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO SONNETS: 1 by DAVID LEHMAN THE ILLUSTRATION?ÇÖA FOOTNOTE by DENISE LEVERTOV FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL POETRY MACHINES by CATE MARVIN LENDING LIBRARY by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY EPITAPHIUM CITHARISTRIAE by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR |
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