Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A ROSE, by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN Poet's Biography First Line: All day with bright, appealing face Last Line: His soul and breaks his fetter? Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Perfume; Roses; Soul | ||||||||
ALL day with bright, appealing face, Upon my study table, A red, red rose asked me to give What gods were quite unable Asked me to give it back again Into the garden's keeping, Where winds were low and there their tears The nightingales were weeping. Till eve I drank its wine perfume My soul the nectar needed; Alas, how impotent was I To do the thing it pleaded; I could but drink, and drinking know I was its endless debtor For who can pay the soul that heals His soul and breaks his fetter? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE EXHUMATION by ANNE CARSON AFTERGLOW by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN |
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