Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS MISTRESS IN ABSENCE, by TORQUATO TASSO Poet's Biography First Line: Far from thy dearest self, the scope Last Line: That I may live because I hope no more! Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
FAR from thy dearest self, the scope Of all my aims, I waste in secret flames; And only live because I hope. Oh, when will Fate restore The joys, in whose bright fire My expectation shall expire, That I may live because I hope no more! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN ERMINIA AND THE WOUNDED TANCRED by TORQUATO TASSO |
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