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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DIANE, by HELEN HAY First Line: The ruddy poppies bend and bow Last Line: Diane does not remember. | |||
THE ruddy poppies bend and bow, Diane! do you remember? The sun you knew shines proudly now, The lake still lists the breeze's vow, Your towers are fairer for their stains, Each stone you smiled upon remains. Sing low -- where is Diane? Diane! do you remember I come to find you through the years, Diane! do you remember? For none may rule my love's soft fears. The ladies now are not your peers, I seek you through your tarnished halls, Pale sorrow on my spirit falls, High, low -- where is Diane? Diane! do you remember? I crush the poppies where I tread, Diane! do you remember? Your flower of life, so bright, so red -- She does not hear -- Diane is dead. I pace the sunny bowers alone Where naught of her remains but stone. Sing low -- where is Diane? Diane does not remember. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOES THE PEARL KNOW? by HELEN HAY SIGH NOT FOR LOVE by HELEN HAY WAS THERE ANOTHER SPRING by HELEN HAY SHADOW-CASTING by JAMES GALVIN THE LITTLE VAGABOND, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE LITANY: 10. THE MARTYRS by JOHN DONNE SHELTERED GARDEN by HILDA DOOLITTLE THE AEOLIAN HARP; AT THE SURF INN by HERMAN MELVILLE THE BLESSED DAMOZEL by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI CARELESS LINES ON LABOUR by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A FRAGMENT OF AN EPIC POEM, OCCASIONED BY THE LOSS OF A GAME by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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