Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG TO AMANDA, by JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748) Poet's Biography First Line: Unless with my amanda blest Last Line: Without my love. There is no spring. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
Unless with my Amanda bless'd, In vain I twine the woodbine bower; Unless to deck her sweeter breast, In vain I rear the breathing flower. A waken'd by the genial year, In vain the birds around me sing; In vain the freshening fields appear: -- Without my love. there is no Spring. | Other Poems of Interest...NEW SEASON by MICHAEL S. HARPER THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD HYMN ON SOLITUDE by JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748) THE CASTLE OF INDOLENCE: CANTO 1 by JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748) |
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