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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CRYSTAL CUP, by MARY ELIZABETH PEARCE First Line: I had a crystal cup both old and rare Last Line: An earthen cup will serve, though once it mattered. Subject(s): Cups; Sonnet (as Literary Form) | |||
I had a crystal cup both old and rare, And thought to fill it at the mountain spring, See sunlit water in the lovely thing, Sip joy-made nectar pure as upper air. The brimming chalice borne with utmost care Was lifted to my lip, when with a fling, A hand struck down the beauty. Even a king Might mourn the shining fragments scattered there. With that, a sweet delight's forever gone, But there is no tension in these days, for me Lest wantonly a crystal cup be shattered. I meet what comes, be it storm or halcyon, And peace is mine, a soul detached and free. An earthen cup will serve, though once it mattered. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAS THAT REALLY A SONNET? by ANSELM HOLLO RETICENT SONNET by ANNE CARSON SONNET: OF THREE GIRLS AND OF THEIR TALK by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO WHAT THE SONNET IS by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON ON A MAGAZINE SONNET by RUSSELL HILLARD LOINES THE HOUSE OF LIFE: THE SONNET (INTRODUCTION) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI CAIN AND ABEL by MARY ELIZABETH PEARCE |
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