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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS WRITTEN TO BOUTS-RIMES: 1, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Amid the shade of a deserted hall Last Line: And here her bridal garlands were unbound. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): Ruin Subject(s): Home; Past; Ruins | |||
Amid the shade of a deserted hall I stand and think on much that hath been lost. How long it is since other step has cross'd This time-worn floor; that tapestry is all Worm-eaten; and those columns rise up tall Yet crumbling to decay; where banners toss'd Thin spiders' webs hang now; and bitter frost Has even killed the flowers upon the wall. Yet once this was a home brim full of life, Full of the hopes and fears and love of youth, Full of love's language speaking without sound: Here honour was enshrined and kindly truth; Hither the young lord brought his blushing wife, And here her bridal garlands were unbound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 6. RUINS OF PAESTUM by SARA TEASDALE WHERE A ROMAN VILLA STOOD, ABOVE FREIBURG' by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE THE RAVAGED VILLA by HERMAN MELVILLE HYMN AMONG THE RUINS by OCTAVIO PAZ OZYMANDIAS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ODE TO LUDLOW CASTLE by LUCY AIKEN RUINS OF CORINTH by ANTIPATER OF SIDON IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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