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Famous Drenches Poems by Famous Poets

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...ere with humid bow
Waters the odorous banks, that blow
Flowers of more mingled hue
Than her purfled scarf can shew,
And drenches with Elysian dew
(List, mortals, if your ears be true)
Beds of hyacinth and roses,
Where young Adonis oft reposes,
Waxing well of his deep wound,
In slumber soft, and on the ground
Sadly sits the Assyrian queen.
But far above, in spangled sheen,
Celestial Cupid, her famed son, advanced
Holds his dear Psyche, sweet entranced
After her wandering labou...Read more of this...
by Milton, John



...with humid bow, 
Waters the odorous banks that blow 
Flowers of more mingled hew 
Than her purfl'd scarf can shew, 
And drenches with Elysian dew 
(List mortals, if your ears be true) 
Beds of Hyacinth, and roses 
Where young Adonis oft reposes, 
Waxing well of his deep wound 
In slumber soft, and on the ground 
Sadly sits th' Assyrian Queen; 
But far above in spangled sheen 
Celestial Cupid her fam'd son advanc't, 
Holds his dear Psyche sweet intranc't 
After her wandring la...Read more of this...
by Milton, John
...splendour, perished 
to dust. Ashes of roses,
ashes of youth. Empress forsooth!
Over the glass domes of the hot-houses drenches 
the rain. Behind her
a clock ticks -- ticks again. The sound knocks upon her 
thought
with the echoing shudder of hollow vases. She places 
her hands on her ears,
but the minutes pass, knocking. Tears in Malmaison. And 
years to come
each knocking by, minute after minute. Years, many years, 
and tears,
and cold pouring rain.
"I feel as though I had...Read more of this...
by Lowell, Amy

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