Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RUINED HEART, by FRANCOIS COPPEE


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THE RUINED HEART, by                    
First Line: My heart was as a roman palace fair
Last Line: An humble hut from ruins of my pride.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Love; Rome, Italy; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


MY heart was as a Roman palace fair
With granite and rare marble, till a band
Of ruthless passions bearing axe and brand
Swept like barbarians to make havoc there.
Then was there ruin and desolation where
Dwelt owls and vipers on the barren land;
Column and shard lay splintered on the sand,
And the smooth pathway teemed with briar and tare.

Thro' the unlighted day, the starless night
Before my palace's disastrous plight
Daunted, I stood alone and all uncheered,
Till thou didst bring thy starlike self, O bride!
Whereon to house our hallow'd love I reared
An humble hut from ruins of my pride.





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