Famous Slenderness Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Slenderness poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous slenderness poems. These examples illustrate what a famous slenderness poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Nicolson, Adela Florence Cory
...wide set open doors.
I lie and long amidst the heat,—
The fever that my senses know,
For that cool slenderness of yours.
So delicate and cool you are!
A roseleaf that has lain in snow,
A snowflake tinged with sunset fire.
You do not know, so young you are,
How Fever fans the senses' glow
To uncontrollable desire!
And fills the spaces of the night
With furious and frantic thought,
One would no...Read more of this...
by
Verhaeren, Emile
...ranches fashioned a green shrine above her
And sun-flowers rose behind her like a crown.
Her fingers, their white slenderness encircled
With humble, fragile rings of coral round.
Held, ranged in couples, sprays of faithful roses.
Sealed with a clasp, with threads of woollen bound.
A shimmering air the golden calm was weaving,
All filigree'd with dawn, that like a braid
Surmounted her pure brow, which still was hidden
Half in the shade.
Woven of linen wer...Read more of this...
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