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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CHOICE, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL First Line: An angel stooped down from the hill-side Last Line: For the heart of a friend lay there. Subject(s): Angels; Cupid; Hearts; Love; Eros | |||
An angel stooped down from the hill-side; He was holding a golden thread All strung with the jewels of promise, Just swaying above my head. Of love there were blood red rubies, And the pearls of peace were there. As I reached for the gems in my rashness, Spake a voice, "Beware, beware." "But one canst thou choose," said the angel, "Nor again shall I pass this way." And I clasped a single treasure; But it burnt with a changeless ray. In my hand I gathered this jewel That blazed beyond all compare; And I laughed and I wept as I held it, For the heart of a friend lay there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER SONNET: O HUSBAND! by ANNE WALDMAN EROS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES CLEOMENS, OR THE SPARTAN HERO: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON CUPID MISTAKEN by MATTHEW PRIOR DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE 87 CASA GRANDE by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL |
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