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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 1, by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He came in silvern armour, trimmed with black Last Line: All eager-lipped I kissed the mouth of death. | |||
He came in silvern armour, trimmed with black -- A lover come from legends long ago -- With silver spurs and silken plumes a-blow, And flashing sword caught fast and buckled back In a carven sheath of Tamarack. He came with footsteps beautifully slow, And spoke in voice meticulously low. He came and Romance followed in his track . . . I did not ask his name -- I thought him Love; I did not care to see his hidden face. All life seemed born in my intaken breath; All thought seemed flown like some forgotten dove. He bent to kiss and raised his visor's lace . . . All eager-lipped I kissed the mouth of Death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HERITAGE by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT LINES WRITTEN AT THE GRAVE OF ALEXANDER DUMAS by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT TO A DARK GIRL by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT SONNET: 2 by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT UNDER THE VIOLETS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES MERCURY; ON LOSING MY POCKET MILTON AT LUSS NEAR BEN LOMOND by ROBERT ANDREWS PARLIAMENT OF WOMEN: PRAXAGORA REHEARSES by ARISTOPHANES THE SERVANT by JOSEPH BEAUMONT SEARCHLIGHTS by MILDRED SUTTON BRENEMAN SONNET ON HEARING A THRUSH SING IN JANUARY by ROBERT BURNS |
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