Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS TO MIRANDA: 4, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When, in your palace, amid whatsoe'er Last Line: This halting tongue and trembling heart of mine. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Hearts; Life | ||||||||
WHEN, in your palace, amid whatsoe'er Is most august and noble, I see you stand, One of the greatest ladies of the land, Almost it seems as if the marvels there, The sacred things untarnishably fair That grew from painter's or from sculptor's hand, Had into warm and breathing life been fanned, By puissant spell, in that enchanted air; -- By power and mandate of the Spirit divine That, flashing forth from radiant Womanhood, Can, with unuttered word and secret sign, Waken insentient stone, inanimate wood; Ev'n as it touches to melodious mood This halting tongue and trembling heart of mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW |
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