Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVELY RETINUE, by LUCIA TRENT First Line: The names of lovely women drift tonight Last Line: Who croons within a humble cattle stall. Alternate Author Name(s): Cheyney, Mrs. Ralph; Glass, Mrs. Ernest Subject(s): Women | ||||||||
The names of lovely women drift tonight Like swans upon an ebony lagoon: Cordelia, Iseult, tragical and white, And Deirdre dreaming under Celtic moon, The pale Ligeia, Dido and Lenore, Ophelia singing with such bewildered breath, Imperial Helen upon an alien shore Plunging her warriors into early death, Laura and Beatrice and Guinevere, And yet I think the loveliest of all, Mary the Mother, tenderly austere, Who croons within a humble cattle stall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH |
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