Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PANDORA (FOR A PICTURE), by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What of the end, pandora? Was it thine Last Line: If hope still pent there be alive or dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Paintings And Painters; Pandora (mythology) | ||||||||
WHAT of the end, Pandora? Was it thine, The deed that set these fiery pinions free? Ah! wherefore did the Olympian consistory In its own likeness make thee half divine? Was it that Juno's brow might stand a sign For ever? and the mien of Pallas be A deadly thing? and that all men might see In Venus' eyes the gaze of Proserpine? What of the end? These beat their wings at will, The ill-born things, the good things turned to ill,-- Powers of the impassioned hours prohibited. Aye, clench the casket now! Whither they go Thou mayst not dare to think: nor canst thou know If Hope still pent there be alive or dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PANDORA IN DARKNESS by DANIEL CORRIE FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI A LITTLE WHILE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI A SEA-SPELL (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI A TRIP TO PARIS AND BELGIUM: 16. ANTWERP TO GHENT by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI ASPECTA MEDUSA by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI AUTUMN SONG by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI EDEN BOWER by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI EVEN SO by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI FOR 'OUR LADY OF THE ROCKS' (BY LEONARDO DA VINCI) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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