Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONE OF TWAIN, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One of twain, twin-born with flowers that waken Last Line: Night and light? Subject(s): Flowers; Light; Love; Roundels | ||||||||
I. ONE of twain, twin-born with flowers that waken, Now hath passed from sense of sun and rain: Wind from off the flower-crowned branch hath shaken One of twain. One twin flower must pass, and one remain: One, the word said soothly, shall be taken, And another left: can death refrain? Two years since was love's light song mistaken, Blessing then both blossoms, half in vain? Night outspeeding light hath overtaken One of twain. Night and light? O thou of heart unwary, Love, what knowest thou here at all aright, Lured, abused, misled as men by fairy Night and light? Haply, where thine eyes behold but night, Soft as o'er her babe the smile of Mary Light breaks flowerwise into new-born sight. What though night of light to thee be chary? What though stars of hope like flowers take flight? Seest thou all things here, where all see vary Night and light? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROUNDELS OF THE YEAR by JOHN DRINKWATER RONDEL OF A RONDEL by AUSTIN PHILIPS A ROUNDEL SEEMS TO FIT A ROUND OF DAYS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BABY'S DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A DIALOGUE: 1. by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A DIALOGUE: 2. by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A DIALOGUE: 3. by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A FLOWER-PIECE BY FANTIN by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A LANDSCAPE BY COURBET by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A BALLAD OF DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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