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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDYLL, by VAUQUELIN DE LA FRESNAYE Poet's Biography First Line: If every thorn and bush that grows Last Line: To reach you, nymph! Most excellent. | |||
I IF every thorn and bush that grows, If every brier and every rose, Could into sharpest arrows turn; If all the leaves and flowers became, Phillis! an all-devouring flame-- A furnace dire--and fiercely burn; II Still to approach you would I dare, And nor for wounds and arrows care. No flame, though furious, should prevent; Through javelins would I make my way; No fire should daunt, no danger stay, To reach you, Nymph! most excellent. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET by VAUQUELIN DE LA FRESNAYE SONNET by VAUQUELIN DE LA FRESNAYE DOMESDAY BOOK: DR. BURKE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE STIRRUP-CUP by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE COLD NIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS UPON DRINKING IN A BOWL by ANACREON SUMMER (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI EDEN BOWER by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI NORTHERN FARMER, OLD STYLE by ALFRED TENNYSON PRAYER by ANTON ALEXANDER VON AUERSPERG |
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