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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY GRANDMOTHER'S PORTRAIT, by JULIA DAINGERFIELD GLASS First Line: O lady fair, with your laughing eyes Last Line: And yet, so inexpressibly sweet. Subject(s): Paintings & Painters | |||
O lady fair, with your laughing eyes, And your mouth so inexpressibly sweet, Your proud nose and your bunches of curls, And your low-cut gown with its ruche so neat: You're different from other old portraits I've seen, With rosebud mouths -- their charms to enhance -- Yours is a gracious, queenly mouth; But they tell me you reigned in the Court of France. Who was the artist who painted you? Surely 'twas not your sad-eyed brother; Though an artist of skill he was said to have been, I cannot but believe the artist was a lover. For only one who loved could paint That mystic, unfathomable something which lies Beneath the light and laughter In those wonderful laughing eyes. And only one who had kissed those lips In ecstasy of love complete, Could paint a mouth -- queenly and gracious, And yet, so inexpressibly sweet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1801: AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE ENVOY TO CONSTANTINOPLE by RICHARD HOWARD VENETIAN INTERIOR, 1889 by RICHARD HOWARD THERE IS A GOLD LIGHT IN CERTAIN OLD PAINTINGS by DONALD JUSTICE DUTCH INTERIORS by JANE KENYON INVITATION TO A PAINTER: 3 by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE CHINA PAINTERS by TED KOOSER ELEGY FOR SOL LEWITT by ANN LAUTERBACH ON THE SEPARATION OF ADAM AND EVE by TIMOTHY LIU DESERT TWILIGHT by JULIA DAINGERFIELD GLASS |
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