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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TASSO TO LEONORA: 4, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou art a sword that's sheathed in my heart
Last Line: And watched by those grim guardians, time and death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley
Subject(s): Love; Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595)
First Line: Thou art a sword that's sheathed in my heart
Last Line: And watched by those grim guardians, time and death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley
Subject(s): Love; Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595)
Thou art a sword that's sheathèd in my heart,
To be by no adventure drawn again,
A divine vintage flooding every vein
With an immortal joy, even such thou art.
The Mænad Hours amid their dancing start
With haggard eyes from that empurpling stain.—
"See! Is it wine or blood?" they shriek in vain,
And heavily with garments dyed depart.
The Muse's self, the fierce relentless Muse
Art thou, that doth in love of man delight,
Kindling upon the lips her kisses choose
A flame that shall eternally be bright,
Fanned by Mnemosyne with fervent breath,
And watched by those grim guardians, Time and Death.
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