I. THIS garland of fair flowers, by me Fondly wreathed, I send to thee, Rhodoclea! Lily, and love-cup are there, Anemone with dewy hair, Freshest violets dark-blue, And the moist narcissus too, Rhodoclea! II. Being crown'd with these, aside Cast all vain, unmeaning pride, Rhodoclea! Cast vainglorious pride away; Alike the pageants of a day, Thou dost cease, and so do they, Rhodoclea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STRAPLESS by KAREN SWENSON A MAN TO A WOMAN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS HOLY THURSDAY, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE CHURCH WINDOWS by GEORGE HERBERT TO HIS DYING BROTHER, MASTER WILLIAM HERRICK by ROBERT HERRICK WRITTEN IN KEATS' 'ENDYMION' by THOMAS HOOD FOR LOVE'S SAKE, KISS ME ONCE AGAIN! by BEN JONSON |