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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEATRICE, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Thro' dante's hands in dreamy vigil clasp'd Last Line: Her love the noblest gift god's self hath given. Subject(s): Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) | |||
THRO' Dante's hands, in dreamy vigil clasp'd, A pale green bud shot skyward from the sod; He bowed and sighed; then laid the prize he grasp'd, A folded lily, at the feet of God. There she hath slowly open'd, age by age, And grown a star to light Man's heart to heaven; Her perfume his divinest heritage, Her love the noblest gift God's self hath given. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LITTLE LANGUAGE by ROBERT DUNCAN IN HELL WITH VIRG AND DAN: CANTO 17 by CAROLYN KIZER ON A PALMETTO by SIDNEY LANIER NATIONE NON MORIBUS (1265-1321) by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS TO DANTE by VITTORIO AMEDEO ALFIERI SONNET: INSCRIPTION FOR A PORTRAIT OF DANTE by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO DANTE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT FEBRUARY IN ROME by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE |
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