Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIGHS, by ? ROLLS First Line: There is a sigh - that half supprest Last Line: That last, worst pang, fond love's despair. Alternate Author Name(s): Rolls, Henry, Mrs. Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Sighs | ||||||||
There is a sigh -- that half supprest, Seems scarce to heave the bosom fair; It rises from the spotless breast, The first fair dawn of tender care. There is a sigh -- so soft, so sweet, It breathes not from the lip of woe; 'T is heard where conscious lovers meet. Whilst yet untold young passions glow. There is a sigh -- short, deep and strong, That on the lip of rapture dies; It floats mild evening's shade along, When meet the fond consenting eyes. There is a sigh -- that speaks regret, Yet seems scarce conscious of its pain; It tells of bliss remember'd yet, Of bliss that ne'er must wake again. There is a sigh -- that, deeply breathed, Bespeaks the bosom's secret woe; It says the flowers which Love had wreathed, Are wither'd, ne'er again to blow. There is a sigh -- that slowly swells, Then deeply breathes its load of care; It speaks that in that bosom dwells That last, worst pang, fond love's despair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AND SIGHS AGAIN (AUTOBIOGRAPHY 15) by MICHAEL PALMER SAO PAULO SIGHS (AUTOBIOGRAPHY 14) by MICHAEL PALMER THE LOST LADY: SONG by WILLIAM BERKLEY THE SIGHING TIME by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN WE TO SIGH INSTEAD OF SING by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY THE SACHEM OF THE CLOUDS (A THANKSGIVING LEGEND) by ROBERT FROST |
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