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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by FELIX ARVERS First Line: There is a secret shrined within my soul Last Line: "who is this lady?"" she would calmly say!" | |||
There is a secret shrined within my soul, A deathless love, in one brief moment born, A hopeless passion that I must control And hide from her to whom its vows are sworn. Yes! I must pass unnoticed by her eye, Close by her side, consumed by lonely thought, And shrouding still my secret I shall die, By naught rewarded having sued for naught. But she—though God has dower'd her with a sweet And tender nature—knows not that her feet Lure me to follow her where'er they stray: Too pure to dream her love can be desired— Were she to read these lines she has inspired, "Who is this lady?" she would calmly say! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. KESSLER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS GO DOWN DEATH; A FUNERAL SERMON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE DESERTED LOVER CONSOLETH HIMSELF ... by THOMAS WYATT RUNNING TO PARADISE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 2. DIET by JOHN ARMSTRONG CHARACTERS: MR. AND MRS. EDWARDS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD TO LADY CHARLOTTYE GORDON; DRESSED IN A TARTAN SCOTCH BONNET by JAMES BEATTIE |
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