Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OXFORD (MAY 30, 1820) (2), by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shame on this faithless heart! That could allow Last Line: Of these illusions, or they please no more. Subject(s): Oxford University | ||||||||
SHAME on this faithless heart! that could allow Such transport, though but for a moment's space; Not while -- to aid the spirit of the place -- The crescent moon clove with its glittering prow The clouds, or night-bird sang from shady bough; But in plain daylight: -- She, too, at my side, Who, with her heart's experience satisfied, Maintains inviolate its slightest vow! Sweet Fancy! other gifts must I receive; Proofs of a higher sovereignty I claim; Take from 'her' brow the withering flowers of eve, And to that brow life's morning wreath restore; Let 'her' be comprehended in the frame Of these illusions, or they please no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHRIST CHURCH MEADOWS, OXFORD by DONALD HALL OXFORD, THIRTY YEARS AFTER by JOHN UPDIKE THE SCHOLAR GIPSY by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE SPIRES OF OXFORD by WINIFRED MARY LETTS THE TALENTED MAN by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED SONNET: ON HAVING DINED AT TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD by JOHN CODRINGTON BAMPFYLDE THE BALLAD OF MY FRIEND by J. D. BEAZLEY LETTER TO B.W. PROCTOR, ESQ., FROM OXFORD; MAY, 1825 by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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