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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by VINCENT DE VOITURE Poet's Biography First Line: I languish in a silent flame Last Line: Who will not guess the beauty I adore? Subject(s): Love | |||
I LANGUISH in a silent flame; For she, to whom my vows incline, Doth own perfections so divine, That but to speak were to disclose her name If I should say that she the store Of Nature's graces doth comprise, The love and wonder of all eyes, Who will not guess the beauty I adore? Or though I warily conceal The charms her looks and soul possess; Should I her cruelty express, And say she smiles at all the pains we feel; Among such suppliants as implore Pity, distributing her hate, Inexorable as their fate, Who will not guess the beauty I adore? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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 |
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