Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 12. THE LOVERS' WALK, by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet twining hedgeflowers wind-stirred in no wise Last Line: Rests on the blue line of a foamless sea. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Love; Nature | ||||||||
SWEET twining hedgeflowers wind-stirred in no wise On this June day; and hand that clings in hand:-- Still glades; and meeting faces scarcely fann'd:-- An osier-odoured stream that draws the skies Deep to its heart; and mirrored eyes in eyes:-- Fresh hourly wonder o'er the Summer land Of light and cloud; and two souls softly spann'd With one o'erarching heaven of smiles and sighs:-- Even such their path, whose bodies lean unto Each other's visible sweetness amorously,-- Whose passionate hearts lean by Love's high decree Together on his heart for ever true, As the cloud-foaming firmamental blue Rests on the blue line of a foamless sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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