The New Proserpine

Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)



WHERE, countless as the stars of night,
The daisies made a milky way
Across fresh lawns, and flecked with light,
Old Ilex groves walled round with bay,--

I saw thee stoop, oh lady sweet,
And with those pale, frail hands of thine
Gather the spring flowers at our feet,
Fair as some late-born Proserpine.

Yea, gathering flowers, thou might'st have been
That goddess of the ethereal brow,
Revisiting this radiant scene
From realm of dolorous shades below.

Thou might'st have been that Queen of Sighs,
Love-bound by Hades' dreadful spell;
For veiled within thy heaven-blue eyes,
There lay the Memory of Hell.
Villa Pamfili Doria.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB CDCD XXXX EFEFX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 633
Words 108
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 5

Mathilde Blind

Mathilde Blind, was a German-born British poet. Her work was praised by Matthew Arnold and French politician and historian Louis Blanc. more…

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