Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A READER OF BRANTOME, by HUGH WESTERN First Line: As marble white and blue-veined like the snow Last Line: Gold that has matched and put to shame the sun. Subject(s): France | ||||||||
As marble white and blue-veined like the snow Down crannies where no prying sun has peeped, In the Hotel de Sens he says she slept, His silver marguerite, la reine Margot. 'Tween sable sheets she lay so they might know, Her lovers, when by candle-light they crept, How more a pearl was she than any kept By jewellers on cushioned silks to show. A luscious sight, I doubt, for lickerish eyes. Of prince or prelate, man or mignon page, Or painter! But I marvel at an age That, doting, can such alloy gloat upon Through greasy glasses, when before it lies Gold that has matched and put to shame the sun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHITE PEACOCK by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ALMANACH DU PRINTEMPS VIVAROIS by HAYDEN CARRUTH LETTER TO YOUKI by ROBERT DESNOS ELEGIES FOR THE OCHER DEER ON THE WALLS AT LASCAUX by NORMAN DUBIE LE PERE-LACHAISE by CAROL ANN DUFFY ON TALK OF PEACE AT THIS TIME by ROBERT FROST TO GALLANT FRANCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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