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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIME'S REVENGE, by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS First Line: She, who but late in beauty's flower was seen Last Line: And earlier wrinkles brand the haughty fair. Alternate Author Name(s): Agathias Scholasticos Subject(s): Aging; Disappointment; Love | |||
She, who but late in beauty's flower was seen, Proud of her auburn curls and noble mien -- Who froze my hopes and triumphed in my fears, Now sheds her graces in the waste of years. Changed to unlovely is that breast of snow, And dimmed her eye, and wrinkled is her brow; And querulous the voice by time repressed, Whose artless music stole me from my rest. Age gives redress to love; and silvery hair And earlier wrinkles brand the haughty fair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD DICING by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS HOMAGE TO QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENTIS CHRISTIANUS: TROY by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS |
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