Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAST LOVER, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is so late! Down all our days are set Last Line: A rose, but at the last! Subject(s): Time | ||||||||
IT is so late! Down all our days are set November and the snows; Yet now, when we are ready to forget, For both has blown a rose. Right well we know nor you nor I can make A blaze of one lean spark; And it were all in vain for us to take This candle to the dark. Now what, in truth, the fitting word to say, And what the proper fate, For growing red on a November day, For being a rose so late? Oh, must we pluck it, sweet though come to dust, A moment hold it fast? Or leave it to the gathering of the gust? -- A rose, but at the last! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A CHRISTMAS FOLK-SONG by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE |
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