Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SALOPIA INHOSPITALIS, by DOUGLAS BROOKE WHEELTON SLADEN Poet's Biography First Line: Touch not that maid Last Line: For adamant can neither waste nor melt. Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Shropshire, England | ||||||||
TOUCH not that maid: She is a flower, and changeth but to fade. Fragrant is she, and fair As any shape that haunts this lower air; In form as graceful and as free As honeysuckles and the lilies be; Insensible, and shrinking from caress As flowers, which you peril when you press. Gaze not on her; She is a being of another sphere. Brilliant is she, and bright As any star illuminate at night; Of stuff as sober and as fine As hers whose glory through the moon doth shine; Unliker to come down to this thy love Than any orb that's fixed for aye above. Heed her no more: She is a gem whose heart thou canst not bore; Glistering is she, and grand As any stone that decks a monarch's hand; In face as free from flaw or stain As diamond from mine, or pearl from main: But she thy fire and fever never felt, For adamant can neither waste nor melt. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHROPSHIRE CHARM FOR A GIRL TO SEE HER FUTURE HUSBAND by UNKNOWN EPITAPH FOR ELIZABETH BARKHAM (D.1797); SHROPSHIRE by UNKNOWN PART OF AN EPITAPH FOR SIR THOMAS STANLEY IN TONG CHURCH by UNKNOWN GREEN GRASS SONG; KNOWN AT BERRINGTON, SHROPSHIRE by UNKNOWN STORY OF THE LIPPI'TON BAR, COMMUNALLY COMPOSED by UNKNOWN VERSE FOR A GRANT OF LAND TO THE HOPTON FAMILY; SHROPSHIRE by UNKNOWN A CHRISTMAS LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA by DOUGLAS BROOKE WHEELTON SLADEN CHARLES II: REFRAIN by DOUGLAS BROOKE WHEELTON SLADEN SUNSET ON THE CUNIMBLA VALLEY, BLUE MOUNTAINS by DOUGLAS BROOKE WHEELTON SLADEN THE TROPICS by DOUGLAS BROOKE WHEELTON SLADEN TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ARS VICTRIX (IMITATED FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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