Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONCE, by MARY LOUISE RITTER First Line: The june roses covered the hedges with blushes Last Line: A kiss tells what living and loving might be. Subject(s): Kisses; Love | ||||||||
THE June roses covered the hedges with blushes, And wooed with their perfume the murmuring bee; And white were the cups of the odorous lilies, When fate stole the joy of existence from me. With hands closely clasped, and with lips pressed together, One instant we stood, while the heart in my breast Leapt eager and wild, as the callow birds flutter When the wing of the mother sweeps over the nest. One star is the type of the glory of heaven; A shell from the beach whispers still of the sea; To a rose all the sweetness of summer is given; A kiss tells what living and loving might be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD PERISHED; CATSKILL MOUNTAIN HOUSE by MARY LOUISE RITTER |
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