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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN OLD VENETIAN WINE-GLASS, by LLOYD MIFFLIN Poet's Biography First Line: Daughter of venice, fairer than the moon! Last Line: Hath left it ever rosy round the rim! | |||
DAUGHTER of Venice, fairer than the moon! From thy dark casement leaning, half divine, And to the lutes of love that low repine Across the midnight of the hushed lagoon Listening with languor in a dreamful swoon -- On such a night as this thou didst entwine Thy lily fingers round this glass of wine, And clasped thy climbing lover -- none too soon! Thy lover left, but ere he left thy room From this he drank, his warm lips at the brim; Thou kissed it as he vanished in the gloom; That kiss, because of thy true love for him -- Long, long ago, when thou wast in thy bloom, -- Hath left it ever rosy round the rim! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOVEREIGN POETS by LLOYD MIFFLIN THE BATTLEFIELD: GETTYSBURG by LLOYD MIFFLIN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART by LLOYD MIFFLIN THE SHADOWY CITY LOOMS; NEW YORK FROM THE NORTH RIVER by LLOYD MIFFLIN |
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