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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 30, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I see thine image through my tears tonight Last Line: As now these tears come -- falling hot and real? Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
I SEE thine image through my tears tonight, And yet to-day I saw thee smiling. How Refer the cause? -- Beloved, is it thou Or I, who makes me sad? The acolyte Amid the chanted joy and thankful rite May so fall flat, with pale insensate brow, On the altar-stair. I hear thy voice and vow, Perplexed, uncertain, since thou art out of sight, As he, in his swooning ears, the choir's Amen. Beloved, dost thou love? or did I see all The glory as I dreamed, and fainted when Too vehement light dilated my ideal, For my soul's eyes? Will that light come again, As now these tears come -- falling hot and real? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |
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