Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROSA MUNDI, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: An angel of pale desire Last Line: To the angel of pale desire. Subject(s): Love - Nature Of | ||||||||
An angel of pale desire Whispered me in the ear (Ah me, the white-rose mesh Of the flower-soft, rose-white flesh!) "Love, they say, is a fire: Lo, the soft love that is here! "Love, they say, is a pain Infinite as the soul, Ever a longing to be Love's, to infinity, Ever a longing in vain After a vanishing goal. "Lo, the soft joy that I give Here in the garden of earth; Come where the rose-tree grows, Thine is the garden's rose, Weave rose-garlands, and live In ease, in indolent mirth." Then I saw that the rose was fair, And the mystical rose afar, A glimmering shadow of light, Paled to a star in the night; And the angel whispered "Beware, Love is a wandering star. "Love is a raging fire, Choose thou content instead; Thou, the child of the dust, Choose thou a delicate Lust." "Thou hast chosen!" I said To the angel of pale desire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RESCUE THE DEAD by DAVID IGNATOW BUTTERFLIES UNDER PERSIMMON by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 27 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE HE WHO KNOWS LOVE by ELSA BARKER LOVE'S HUMBLENESS by ELSA BARKER SONG (IN THE LUCKY CHANCE) by APHRA BEHN NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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