Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COR CORDIUM, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet heart, true heart, strong heart, star of my life, oh, never Last Line: And for thee the lowered banner, o sweet heart never! Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Dreams; Future Life; Hearts; Loss; Loyalty; Man-woman Relationships; Nightmares; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Male-female Relations | ||||||||
Sweet Heart, true heart, strong heart, star of my life, oh, never For thee the lowered banner, the lost endeavour! The weapons are still unforged that thee and me shall dissever, For I in thy heart have dwelling, and thou hast in mine for ever. Can a silken cord strangle love, or a steel sword sever? Or be as a bruisèd reed, the flow'r of joy for ever? Love is a beautiful dream, a deathless endeavour, And for thee the lowered banner, O Sweet Heart never! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS |
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