Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MALISON, by JAMES RYDER RANDALL Poet's Biography First Line: I promised no reproach, elise Last Line: As deadly. Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations | ||||||||
I PROMISED no reproach, Elise, Though all thy flimsy vows were fickle; My slender-necked anemones Have perished by thy crafty sickle: Well! let them go, though soiled and stolen, And headless, too, as Anna Boleyn Ay, let them go, though debonair With hazel, poppy-perfumed hair. I'll not reproach, Elise, but I Will make my malediction lie Upon thee, feathery as a sigh; Till from abysmal peaks of woe My curse shall shroud thee with its snow; Softly upon that forehead fair, Crisping the poppy-perfumed hair, Its winnowing ice-birds lilt and go, But no reproach, Elise, oh no Only the rustle of the snow! 'Twill skim thy throat not rude or redly Its dapper feet, Slippered with sleet, Shall into thy bonnet and bosom retreat With a stinging like snow, Which is woe Only my curse, my curse you know! Not rude or redly Nothing but snow! As shyas smoothas coolas slow As deadly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS TWENTY QUESTIONS by DAVID LEHMAN JOHN PELHAM by JAMES RYDER RANDALL |
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