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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GATE OF DELIGHT: 5. IF YOU CALL ME, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poet's Biography First Line: If you call me I will come Last Line: Fearless what betide. Subject(s): Desire; Hearts; Love | |||
If you call me I will come Swifter, O my Love, Than a trembling forest deer Or a panting dove, Swifter than a snake that flies To the charmer's thrall ... If you call me I will come Fearless what befall. If you call me, I will come Swifter than desire, Swifter than the lightning's feet Shod with plumes of fire. Life's dark tides may roll between, Or Death's deep chasms divide— If you call me I will come Fearless what betide. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A CHALLENGE TO FATE by SAROJINI NAIDU |
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