Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOUTH OF THE GREAT SEA, by ANONYMOUS First Line: My love is living Last Line: And then it too wil know Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);love - Loss Of | ||||||||
MY love is living To the south of the Great Sea. What shall I send to greet him? Two pearls and a comb of tortoise-shell: I'll send them to him packed in a box of jade. They tell me he is not true: They tell me he dashed my box to the ground, Dashed it to the ground and burnt it And scattered its ashes to the wind. From this day to the ends of time I must never think of him, Never again think of him. The cocks are crowing, And the dogs are barking -- My brother and his wife will soon know. The autumn wind is blowing; The morning wind is sighing. In a moment the sun will rise in the east And then it too will know. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER POSSESS IT by MARK JARMAN THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LOVE COME AND GONE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 33 by JAMES JOYCE A SCOTCH SONG by JOANNA BAILLIE TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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