Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAUS VENERIS (A PICTURE BY BURNE-JONES), by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pallid with too much longing Last Line: Daughter of foam and fire. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Variant Title(s): The Venus Of Burne-jones Subject(s): Art & Artists; Burne-jones, Edward Coley (1833-1898); Old Age; Paintings & Painters; Women | ||||||||
PALLID with too much longing, White with passion and prayer, Goddess of love and beauty, She sits in the picture there, -- Sits with her dark eyes seeking Something more subtle still Than the old delights of loving Her measureless days to fill. She has loved and been loved so often In her long, immortal years, That she tires of the worn-out rapture, Sickens of hopes and fears. No joys or sorrows move her, Done with her ancient pride; For her head she found too heavy The crown she has cast aside. Clothed in her scarlet splendor, Bright with her glory of hair, Sad that she is not mortal, -- Eternally sad and fair, Longing for joys she knows not, Athirst with a vain desire, There she sits in the picture, Daughter of foam and fire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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