Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREAT LOVE: 2. GREAT LOVE IS PROUD, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For very humbleness great love is proud Last Line: Who for one royal moment entered there? Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Love - Nature Of | ||||||||
For very humbleness Great Love is proud: The round world were a tribute thrice too small To render to the rightful queen of all -- Yet why should Love's least gift be disavowed -- If once her royal head the queen has bowed, Lending her gracious ear to the low call Of him whose glory is to be her thrall -- Who only prays his worship be allowed? Once to have known her fairness -- who is fair Beyond the dreamer's dream, the painter's art -- This, only this, were bliss above compare: But if he find the gateway to her heart, Shall he not, like a king, be set apart Who for one royal moment entered there? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RESCUE THE DEAD by DAVID IGNATOW BUTTERFLIES UNDER PERSIMMON by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 27 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE HE WHO KNOWS LOVE by ELSA BARKER LOVE'S HUMBLENESS by ELSA BARKER SONG (IN THE LUCKY CHANCE) by APHRA BEHN A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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