Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIME AND THE LADY, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography First Line: Haste, maiden, haste! The spray has come to budding Last Line: "a moment, time, a moment, till I sleep." Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Time | ||||||||
HASTE, maiden, haste! the spray has come to budding, The dawn creeps o'er the heavens gold and fair. Come, see the bud ere breaking, the languid day awaking. "A moment, Time, until I bind my hair." Come, maiden, come! the bud has burst to blossom, The sun has kissed the earth and found it sweet. Come, lest you lose, adorning, the beauty of the morning. "A moment, Time, a moment, till I eat." Come, maiden, come! ripe fruits are on the branches, The evening star is glowing in the blue; The breeze's breath grows colder. Come ere the day is older! "A moment till I sipI'm then with you.' Quick, maiden, quick! Death's hand has stripped the leafing; Night frees her clouding hair from bonds that keep. Quick! lest you're lost for ever, in the gloom to find me never. "A moment, Time, a moment, till I sleep." | 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 THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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