Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ACHILLIS AMATORES: MELTING ICE, by SOPHOCLES Poet's Biography First Line: Love is a pain with purest joy combined Last Line: To love and not-love by the same desire. | ||||||||
LOVE is a pain with purest joy combined: No bad comparison to Love I'll find -- Boys when the heavens are frosty, in a trice Will take a handful of hard-frozen ice; And first it's all delight and wonder, then The lump no more will be let go again, Nor yet be pretty treasure to retain. Even so with lovers, when their hearts require To love and not-love by the same desire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ACRISIUS: NIGHT FEAR by SOPHOCLES AEGEUS: WIND IN THE POPLARS by SOPHOCLES AJAX: BEFORE DEATH by SOPHOCLES AJAX: SPEECH OF AJAX [UNIVERSAL CHANGE] by SOPHOCLES AJAX: TECMESSA'S APPEAL TO AJAX by SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE, SELECTION by SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE: BURIED ALIVE by SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE: THE LAST JOURNEY by SOPHOCLES |
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