Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FEMALE EDUCATION; ADDRESSED TO A SOUTH AMERICAN POET, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou, of the living lyre Last Line: That mocks the blight of time. Subject(s): De La Cruz, Juana Ines (1648-1695); Freedom; Nature; Wisdom; Women's Rights; Liberty; Feminism | ||||||||
Thou, of the living lyre, Thou, of the lavish clime, Whose mountains mix their lightning-fire With the storm-cloud sublime, We, of thy sister-land, The empire of the free, Joy as those patriot-breasts expand With genial Liberty. Thy flowers their fragrant breast Unfold to catch its ray, And Nature's velvet-tissued vest With brighter tint is gay, More blest thy rivers roll Full tribute to the Sea, And even Woman's cloister'd soul Walks forth among the free. Aid with thy tuneful strain Her bold, adventurous way, Bid the long-prisoned mind attain A sphere of dazzling day, Bid her unpinion'd foot The cliffs of knowledge climb, And search for Wisdom's sacred root That mocks the blight of time. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980) by ALICE NOTLEY ON THE BEACH by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA FEMINIST POEM NUMBER ONE by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER HYPOCRITE SWIFT by LOUISE BOGAN FOR A GODCHILD, REGINA, ON THE OCCASION OF HER FIRST LOVE by TOI DERRICOTTE HESTER'S SONG by TOI DERRICOTTE COLUMBUS [JANUARY, 1487] by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY |
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