Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S FLOWER, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: Take thou this rose, sweet even as thou art Last Line: Even as a flower had lasted but a day. Subject(s): Faith; Flowers; Love; Belief; Creed | ||||||||
TAKE thou this rose, sweet even as thou art, Thou rose of roses rarest, loveliest, Thou flower of freshest flowers, whose fragrance blest Enwraps me, ravished from myself apart. Take thou this rose, and with it take my heart, My heart that hath no wings, unto thy breast, So constant that its faith stands manifest, Though wounded sore with many a cruel dart. The rose and I are diverse in one thing: Each morning's rose at eve lies perishing, While countless mornings see my love new-born But never night shall see its life decay. . . . Ah! would that love, new-blossomed in the morn, Even as a flower had lasted but a day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 4 by MARK JARMAN QUIA ABSURDUM by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET TO FORTUNE by LUCY AIKEN JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS by ROBERT LOWELL RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION by MINA LOY RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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