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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ONE OUTSIDE, by ALICE BOOTH DAY First Line: I held the frail cup carefully Last Line: I softly closed the door. | |||
I held the frail cup carefully -- My timid soul was bare -- I had distilled so prayerfully The wine I sought to share. Your lips defiled the sacrament; A laugh of evil glee Disfigured every lineament In shocking raillery. You dropped the cup disdainfully And stepped outside. My sore Bewildered heart surged painfully; I softly closed the door. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ICE-CREAM SANDWICH by KAREN SWENSON ROCK ME TO SLEEP by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN PSALM 121 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE LOVER AND THE BIRDS by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE FROGS: A 'EURIPIDEAN' CHORUS by ARISTOPHANES ON THE MARRIAGE OF A BEAUTEOUS YOUNG GENTLEWOMAN WITH AN ANCIENT MAN by FRANCIS BEAUMONT THE IDLE SINGER: REACTION by QUINTIN BONE TO SIR THOS. BARLOW, P.R.C.P. by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS: BOOK 2. THE FOURTH SONG by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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