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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CAMELLIA, by WILLIAM STANLEY ROSCOE Poet's Biography First Line: As venus wandered 'midst the idalian bower Last Line: "that boasts no fragrance, and conceals no thorn."" --" Subject(s): Camellias | |||
As Venus wandered 'midst the Idalian bower, And marked the loves and graces round her play; She plucked a musk-rose from its dew-bent spray, "And this," she cried, "shall be my favorite flower; For o'er its crimson leaflets I will shower Dissolving sweets to steal the soul away; That Dian's self shall own their sovereign sway, And feel the influence of my mightier power." Then spoke fair Cynthia, as severe she smiled, -- "Be others by thy amorous arts beguiled, Ne'er shall thy dangerous gifts these brows adorn: To me more dear than all their rich perfume The chaste camellia's pure and spotless bloom, That boasts no fragrance, and conceals no thorn." -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest........ AND WHITE THE WHITE INVOKES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG WHITE CAMELLIA by EDGAR FAWCETT ON BEING FORCED TO PART WITH HIS LIBRARY FOR BENEFIT OF HIS CREDITORS by WILLIAM STANLEY ROSCOE TO THE HARVEST MOON by WILLIAM STANLEY ROSCOE IN THE RANGITAKI VALLEY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD GIRL IN A CAGE by CARL SANDBURG THE FAERY FOREST by SARA TEASDALE THE FOREFATHER by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON WHEN by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY MOVE UPWARD by ALEXANDER ANDERSON |
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