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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A PROUD BEAUTY, by ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER DE LA GARDE DESHOULIERES Poem Explanation First Line: Yes, iris, whilst you're lovely you'll excite Last Line: The years how many, when they're lost and past. | |||
YES, Iris, whilst you're lovely you'll excite Desire, devotion, transports, and delight; Yet think, how few the years your charms can last, The years how many, when they're lost and past. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GRINDSTONE by ROBERT FROST SOLUTIONS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS by ROBERT BURNS THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: DEDICATORY SONNET by EDMUND SPENSER THE FIRST DANDELION by WALT WHITMAN BLOUDIE JACKE OF SHREWSBERRIE; THE SHROPSHIRE BLUEBEARD by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN IN A BURIAL-GROUND .. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS by BERNARD BARTON |
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