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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...WAITING FOR THE GRAPES by WILLIAM MAGINN THE LETTER by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II PSALM 19. [THE HEAVENS ABOVE AND THE LAW WITHIN] by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE A LEAVE-TAKING: 1 by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE NUMPHOLEPTOS by ROBERT BROWNING GOD'S OMNIPRESENCE; A HYMN by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE SABINA WAKES by WILLIAM CONGREVE |
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