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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO GIULIA GRISI, AFTER HEARING HER IN ANNA BOLENA, by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS Poet's Biography First Line: When the rose is brightest Last Line: The last drop into mine. Subject(s): Grisi, Giulia (1811-1869); Opera | |||
WHEN the rose is brightest, Its bloom will soonest die; When burns the meteor brightest, 'T will vanish from the sky If Death but wait until delight O'errun the heart like wine, And break the cup when brimming quite, I die -- for thou hast poured to-night The last drop into mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALLAVERIA RUSTICANA by LISEL MUELLER COME BACK, MISS MOFFO, WE LOVE YOU by EDWARD FIELD FINNISH OPERA by BARBARA GUEST THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: AUX ITALIENS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON MATINEES by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL ANDRE'S LAST REQUEST [OR, REQUEST TO WASHINGTON] [OCTOBER 1, 1780] by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS |
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