Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VENUS OF MILO, by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Goddess of dreams, mother of love and sorrow Last Line: On passion's dream, on love's divine despair. Subject(s): Sculpture & Sculptors; Venus De Milo | ||||||||
GODDESS of dreams, mother of love and sorrow, Such sorrow as from love's fair promise flows, Such love as from love's martyrdoms doth borrow That conquering calm which only sorrow knows; Venus, triumphant! so serene and tender, In thy calm after-bloom of life and love, More fair than when of old thy sea-born splendor Surprised the senses of Olympian Jove: Not these the lips that, kindling into kisses, Poured subtile heats through Adon's languid frame, Rained on his sullen lips their warm caresses, Thrilled to his heart and turned its frost to flame! Thy soul transcending passion's wild illusion, Its fantasy and fever and unrest, Broods tenderly in thought's devout seclusion, O'er some lost love-dream lingering in thy breast. Thy face seems touched with pity for the anguish Of earth's disconsolate and lonely hearts; For all the lorn and loveless lives that languish In solitary homes and sordid marts: With pity for the faithlessness and feigning, The vain repentance and the long regret, The perfumed lamps in lonely chambers waning, The untouched fruits on golden salvers set: With pity for the patient watchers yearning Through glimmering casements over midnight moors, Thrilled by the echo of far feet returning Through the blank darkness of the empty doors: With sorrow for the coy, sweet buds that cherish In virgin pride love's luxury of gloom, And in their fair unfolded beauty perish, Fading like flowers that knew not how to bloom: With sorrow for the over-blown pale roses That yield their fragrance to the wandering air; For all the penalties that life imposes On passion's dream, on love's divine despair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: THE VENUS OF MILO by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LADY FROM MELOS by WEET DICKINSON THE VENUS OF MILO by ALFRED NOYES THE VENUS DE MILO by PAUL ARMAND SILVESTRE THE VENUS OF MILO by PAUL ARMAND SILVESTRE TO THE VENUS OF MELOS by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD SONNET, SELS. by FELIX RUBEN GARCIA SARMIENTO TWO WORLDS: 1. THE VENUS OF MILO by RICHARD WATSON GILDER VENUS DE MILO by GOTTFRIED KELLER SONNETS FROM SERIES RELATING TO EDGAR ALLEN POE: 1 by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN A NOVEMBER LANDSACPE by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN A SEPTEMBER EVENING ON THE BANKS OF THE MOSHASSUCK by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN |
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