Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How I envy the ring that encircles thy finger! Last Line: I'd watch thee, and bless thee, and guard thee for aye! Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, Isaac Subject(s): Courtship | ||||||||
How I envy the ring that encircles thy finger! -- Dear daughter of beauty how happy were I If, by some sweet spell, like that ring, I might linger At ease in the light of thy heart-thrilling eye! I would joy in the music thy light pulse is making, I would press the soft cheek where the rose-buds unfold -- I would rest on the brow where pure thought's ever waking, And lovingly glide through thy tresses of gold. On the ripe smiling lip which young Cupid is steeping In dews of love's day dawn, I'd tenderly play -- And when in thy innocence, sweet, thou wert sleeping, I'd watch thee, and bless thee, and guard thee for aye! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS YOU WALK OUT ONE MORNING by GLYN MAXWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MARJORIE'S WOOING by EMMA LAZARUS THE FORTUNATE SPILL by MARILYN NELSON REQUEST TO LEDA by DYLAN THOMAS JEANIE MORRISON by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL |
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