Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN AS MUCH ..., by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: When for love it was fain of Last Line: "was done unto me." Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Beauty; Ugliness | ||||||||
WHEN for love it was fain of The wild heart was chidden, When the white limbs were clothed And the beauty was hidden; For the scorn that was done to The least of her graces, The Mother veiled over And hid from our faces The high soul of nature, The deep and the wonder, Her towers up in heaven, And the fairyland under. The Mother then whispered, "The wrong done by thee To the least limb of beauty Was done unto me." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYRTILLA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH MISS MILLY O'NAIRE by WILLARD GROSVENOR BLEYER SONG OF THE UGLY MAIDEN by ELIZA COOK WINTERLINES by DANIEL GUTSTEIN HOCCLEVE'S HUMOROUS PRAISE OF HIS LADY by THOMAS HOCCLEVE THE UGLY PRINCESS by CHARLES KINGSLEY A MASK ON A RING by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR EPIGRAM: TO AN UGLY WOMAN WITH A SWEET VOICE by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS EMBLEMS OF EXILE by THOMAS MCGRATH A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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