Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CASSANDRA'S PROPHECY, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: Time's frost shall touch thy temples in the morn Last Line: With lightning from the right struck blind mine eyes. Subject(s): Cassandra; Eyes; Hope; Prophecy & Prophets; Time; Optimism | ||||||||
"TIME'S frost shall touch thy temples in the morn, Ere evening comes thy day shall ended be, Cheated of hope thy thoughts shall die with thee, Near ways shall lead thee to thy farthest bourn. "Thy songs, that move me not, shall wither, shorn Of youth's fresh bloom; and when for love of me Thy death has proved my fated mastery, Posterity shall laugh thy sighs to scorn. "Thy fame shall be a by-word in the land, Thy work prove built on quickly-shifting sand, Thy pictures vainly painted in the skies." So prophesied the Nymph I dote upon; When Heaven for witness to her malison With lightning from the right struck blind mine eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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