Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANTONY TO CLEOPATRA, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O, cleopatra! Fare thee well Last Line: I hear your voices from the tomb! Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Antony, Marc (83-30 B.c.); Cleopatra, Queen Of Egypt (69-30 B.c.); Marcus Antonius; Anthony, Mark | ||||||||
O, CLEOPATRA! fare thee well, We two can meet no more; This breaking heart alone can tell The love to thee I bore. But wear not thou the conqueror's chain Upon thy race and thee; And though we ne'er can meet again, Yet still be true to me: For I for thee have lost a throne, To wear the crown of love alone. Fair daughter of a regal line! To thraldom bow not tame; My every wish on earth was thine, My every hope the same. And I have mov'd within thy sphere, And liv'd within thy light; And oh! thou wert to me so dear, I breath'd but in thy sight! A subject world I lost for thee, For thou wert all my world to me! Then when the shriekings of the dying Were heard along the wave. Soul of my soul! I saw thee flying; I follow'd thee, to save. The thunder of the brazen prows O'er Actium's ocean rung; Fame's garland faded from my brows, Her wreath away I flung. I sought, I saw, I heard but thee: For what to love was victory? Thine on the earth, and on the throne, And in the grave, am I; And, dying, still I am thine own, Thy bleeding Antony. How shall my spirit joy to hear That thou art ever true! Nay -- weep not -- dry that burning tear, That bathes thine eyes' dark hue. Shades of my fathers! lo! I come; I hear your voices from the tomb! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ORGANIZATION MEN IN AFFLUENT SOCIETY by KENNETH REXROTH TO MARK ANTHONY IN HEAVEN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ANTONY AND [OR, TO] CLEOPATRA by WILLIAM HAINES LYTLE THE AUTHOR'S MOCK SONG TO MARK ANTONY by JOHN CLEVELAND THE FESTAL HOUR by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE LAST BANQUET OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA; AN ANECDOTE FROM PLUTARCH by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON ANTONY IN EGYPT by ARTHUR PETERSON A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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