Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MURIEL: AT THE OPERA, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Roses and rose-buds, red and white Last Line: But if the rose were muriel? Subject(s): Flowers; Roses | ||||||||
Roses and rose-buds, red and white, Nestled between your breasts to-night, And, lying there with drowsy breath, Sweetly resigned themselves to death. Ah, cruel child! that would not so Suffer the perfumed life to go, But, hungering for the rose's heart Of midmost sweetness, plucked apart Petal from petal: "Ah!" you said (With lips that kissed white roses red) "To live on love and roses!" Well, But if the rose were Muriel? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHISPER OF THE ROSE by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG THE WISDOM OF THE ROSE by ELSA BARKER LOVE PLANTED A ROSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES ROSES; A VILANELLE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE PAINTER ON SILK by AMY LOWELL VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN WORDS IN A CERTAIN APPROPRIATE MODE by HAYDEN CARRUTH NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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