Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONE ONLY AIM AND THOUGHT, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: When nature formed cassandra, who should move Last Line: No aim or knowledge but the thought of her. Subject(s): Beauty; Charm; Hearts; Love; Nature; Pain; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
WHEN Nature formed Cassandra, who should move The hardest hearts with love's soft passionings, She made her of a thousand beauteous things That she had hoarded like a treasure-trove For centuries. And Love too interwove All He was dearly nesting neath His wings Of gentle, to make honey-sweet the stings Of her fair eyes, that even the Gods must love. And when from Heaven she was newly come And first I saw her, my poor heart, struck dumb, Was lost in love; and love, her minister, So poured her charm into my very veins That now I have no pleasure but my pains, No aim or knowledge but the thought of her. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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