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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DAPHNE, by WALTER BESANT First Line: Like apple-blossom, white and red Last Line: Are daphne's blushing cheeks, I swear. | |||
LIKE apple-blossom, white and red; Like hues of dawn, which fly too soon; Like bloom of peach, so softly spread; Like thorn of May and rose of June -- Oh, sweet! oh, fair! beyond compare, Are Daphne's cheeks, Are Daphne's blushing cheeks, I swear. That pretty rose, which comes and goes Like April sunshine in the sky, I can command it when I choose -- See how it rises if I cry. Oh, sweet! oh, fair! beyond compare, Are Daphne's cheeks, Are Daphne's blushing cheeks, I swear. Ah! when it lies round lips and eyes, And fades away, again to spring, No lover, sure, could ask for more Than still to cry, and still to sing: Oh, sweet! oh, fair! beyond compare, Are Daphne's cheeks, Are Daphne's blushing cheeks, I swear. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SILENT VOICES by ALFRED TENNYSON THE WINGLESS VICTORY by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. PRAYER by EVGENY ABRAMOVICH BARATYNSKY FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: HUMAN LIFE - ITS VALUE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES NOW OR NEVER by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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