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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by VIRGINIA CONNETT First Line: You sit so still, with hands demurely crossed Last Line: And life held high adventure and romance. | |||
You sit so still, with hands demurely crossed. Your eyes are fixed upon the land of dreams, The world of everyday completely lost As softened light from leaded casement streams Across the ebon ripple of your hair. Your tight bodice, made of a stiff brocade, Well suits the carving of your high-backed chair As does your mantle, edged with silver braid. Oh lady, from the land of long ago, At sight of you we let our fancy stray. Forgetting all the sting of present woe We fly in fancy, back to yesterday When you trod measures of a stately dance And life held high adventure and romance. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INDIAN LEGEND by VIRGINIA CONNETT TO A CHINESE BRIDE by VIRGINIA CONNETT THE FOUNTAIN (1) by SARA TEASDALE THE DESOLATE FIELD by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ELIOT'S OAK; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW INDIFFERENCE by GEOFFREY ANKETELL STUDDERT-KENNEDY THE ENTHUSIAST, OR, THE LOVER OF NATURE by JOSEPH WARTON LAUTERBRUNNEN by THOMAS GOLD APPLETON SPANISH WINGS: SENOR by H. BABCOCK |
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