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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A PROUD BEAUTY, by ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER DE LA GARDE DESHOULIERES Poem Explanation First Line: Yes, iris, whilst you're lovely you'll excite Last Line: The years how many, when they're lost and past. | |||
YES, Iris, whilst you're lovely you'll excite Desire, devotion, transports, and delight; Yet think, how few the years your charms can last, The years how many, when they're lost and past. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIGH PLAINS RAG by JAMES GALVIN YOUNG SAMMY'S FIRST WILD OATS by GEORGE SANTAYANA TWO WITCHES: 2. THE PAUPER WITCH OF GRAFTON by ROBERT FROST TO LUCASTA ON GOING TO THE WARS FOR THE FOURTH TIME by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES GRANDMOTHER'S STORY OF BUNKER HILL BATTLE by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES INDIAN NAMES by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: JUNE by EDMUND SPENSER |
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