Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARITAE SUAE, by WILLIAM PHILPOT First Line: Of all the flowers rising now Last Line: If fairer than they were before! Variant Title(s): To His Wife Subject(s): Flowers; Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love | ||||||||
I OF all the flowers rising now, Thou only saw'st the head Of that unopen'd drop of snow I placed beside thy bed. In all the blooms that blow so fast, Thou hast no further part, Save those the hour I saw thee last, I laid above thy heart. Two snowdrops for our boy and girl, A primrose blown for me, Wreathed with one often-play'd-with curl From each bright head for thee. And so I graced thee for thy grave, And made these tokens fast With that old silver heart I gave, My first gift -- and my last. II I dream'd, her babe upon her breast, Here she might lie and calmly rest Her happy eyes on that far hill That backs the landscape fresh and still. I hoped her thoughts would thrid the boughs Where careless birds on love carouse, And gaze those apple-blossoms through To revel in the boundless blue. But now her faculty of sight Is elder sister to the light, And travels free and unconfined Through dense and rare, through form and mind. Or else her life to be complete Hath found new channels full and meet -- Then, O, what eyes are leaning o'er, If fairer than they were before! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY WIFE by GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNE VARIATION ON THE WORD SLEEP by MARGARET ATWOOD IN THE MONTH OF MAY by ROBERT BLY FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 7 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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