Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAIS' MIRROR, by PLATO Poet's Biography First Line: Venus, take my votive glass Last Line: Venus, let me never see. Variant Title(s): The Lady Who Offers Her Looking-glass To Venus;lais Growing Old;a Farewell Subject(s): Mirrors; Old Age | ||||||||
VENUS, take my votive glass; Since I am not what I was, What from this day I shall be, Venus, let me never see. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY |
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