Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SERENADE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, wander forth with me: the orange flowers Last Line: Come, wander forth with me! Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina | ||||||||
Come, wander forth with me! the orange flowers Breathe faintest perfume from the summer bowers. Come, wander forth with me! the moon on high Shines proudly in a flood of brilliancy. Around her car each burning star Gleams like a beacon from afar; The night-wind scarce disturbs the sea As it sighs forth so languidly, Laden with sweetness like a bee; And all is still, below, above, Save murmurs of the turtle dove, That murmurs ever of its love: For now 'tis the hour, the balmy hour When the strains of love have chiefly power; When the maid looks forth from her latticed bower, With a gentle yielding smile, Donning her mantle all the while. Now the moon beams down on high From her halo brilliantly; By the dark clouds unencumbered That once o'er her pale face slumbered. Far from her mild rays flutters Folly, For on them floats calm Melancholy. A passionless sadness without dread, Like the thought of those we loved long dead, Full of hope and chastened joy, Heavenly without earth's alloy. Listen, dearest! all is quiet, Slumb'ring the world's toil and riot, And all is fair in earth and sky and sea, Come, wander forth with me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BED OF FORGET-ME-NOTS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BETTER RESURRECTION by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BIRTHDAY by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A DIRGE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A LIFE'S PARALLELS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A PAUSE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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