Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEDICATORY SONNET TO HIS WIFE, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With way-worn feet, a pilgrim woe-begone Last Line: And I have twined the myrtle for thy brow. Subject(s): Life; Love - Marital; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Travel; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
WITH way-worn feet, a pilgrim woe-begone, Life's upward road I journeyed many a day, And hymning many a sad yet soothing lay Beguiled my wandering with the charms of song. Lonely my heart, and rugged was my way, Yet often plucked I, as I passed along, The wild and simple flowers of Poesy; And as beseemed the wayward Fancy's child, Entwined each ramdom weed that pleased mine eye. Accept the wreath, BELOVED! it is wild And rudely garlanded; yet scorn not thou The humble offering, where the sad rue weaves 'Mid gayer flowers its intermingled leaves, And I have twined the myrtle for thy brow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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