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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROMISES: 16. BALLAD OF A SWEET DREAM OF PEACE: 5, by ROBERT PENN WARREN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why now, in god's name, is her robe de nuit Last Line: She's the afternoon one who to your bed came, lip damp, the breath like myrrh | |||
View Poem Text | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REVELATION by ROBERT PENN WARREN CORPORATE ENTITY by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE BLACK RIDERS: 9 by STEPHEN CRANE SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 9. AT THE ALTAR-RAIL by THOMAS HARDY THOREAU'S FLUTE by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A MARLOW MADRIGAL by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 22 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DREAMS: ON THE HUNTING GROUND by DANIEL CHAUNCEY BREWER ELEGY ON A LADY, WHOM GRIEF FOR THE DEATH OF HER BETHROTHED KILLED by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES LAMENT FOR PIONEERS by VERNE BRIGHT TO MY FRIEND MR. LELY, ON HIS PICTURE OF THE .. LADY ISABELLA THYNN by CHARLES COTTON |
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