Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY LADY'S GLEAMING GEMS, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER First Line: My lady's decked with gleaming stones Last Line: To me, beside my lady's worth. Subject(s): Jewelry & Jewelers; Stones; Women; Granite; Rocks | ||||||||
My Lady's decked with gleaming stones, Her lovely neck and arms, when bare, Are fitting settings for the rare And costly jewels that she owns; Her pearls, inchained, that beautify, Are rivaled by my Lady's tears, Her opal's fire disappears When matched with glances of her eye. I would I owned the Indies old, If jewels give my Lady joy, An ungauged fortune I'd employ To shower her with gems and gold; But all the precious stones of Earth, If gathered in a mammoth pile, Would seem but dross, and not worth while To me, beside my Lady's worth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STONE'S SECRET by MARGARET AVISON CONTRA MORTEM: THE STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH NAMING FOR LOVE by HAYDEN CARRUTH OF THE STONES OF THE PLACE by ROBERT FROST THE EYE IN THE ROCK by JOHN HAINES THE HEAD ON THE TABLE by JOHN HAINES A DROP OF INK by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER |
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