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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE LOUVRE, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography First Line: And then I saw her! Last Line: And I am comforted a little while! Subject(s): Mona Lisa | |||
And then I saw her! Somehow, suddenly, My eyes, my own eyes, unbelievably, Beheld her I had come so far to see! I was not dreaming, no! I looked to where The lovely, armless thing with parted hair Had always been . . . in dream. And she was there! Serene, aloof, In her recess, alone -- Behind her, velvet of a sombre tone -- The inexpressible, expressed in stone! Perfection, By some ancient master wrought In marble -- by his passion, toil and thought From formlessness to mortal vision brought! Eternal beauty, Dreamed and fashioned then -- To gladden earth forever -- even when The dream has died in hearts of living men! Immortal grace Of lines that curve and flow, To mock at schools of art that come and go And little, mouthing men who claim to know! And now, remembering her, I muse and smile At all of those mutations we call style -- And I am comforted a little while! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MONA LISA by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS MONNA LISA by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL WITH A COPY OF THE MONA LISA by ARTHUR W. UPSON TWO BACKGROUNDS: 2. MONA LISA by EDITH WHARTON LA GIOCONDA. LEONARDO DA VINCA. THE LOUVRE by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY AT THE LOUVRE by EDWARD LESLIE MAYO A DESERTED HOUSE by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY |
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