Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; IN MEMORIAM, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not to be tuneless in old age!' / ah, surely blest his pilgrimage Last Line: By charles' or thamis' wave. Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882); Writing & Writers | ||||||||
"Not to be tuneless in old age!" Ah! surely blest his pilgrimage, Who, in his winter's snow, Still sings with note as sweet and clear As in the morning of the year When the first violets blow! Blest! -- but more blest, whom summer's heat, Whom spring's impulsive stir and beat, Have taught no feverish lure; Whose Muse, benignant and serene, Still keeps his autumn chaplet green Because his verse is pure! Lie calm, O white and laureate head! Lie calm, O Dead, that art not dead, Since from the voiceless grave Thy voice shall speak to old and young While song yet speaks our English tongue By Charles' or Thamis' wave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELL, SELECTION by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 126: THE DOUBTING MAN by LYN HEJINIAN WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP by JANE HIRSHFIELD COMPULSIVE QUALIFICATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD DEUTSCH DURCH FREUD by RANDALL JARRELL LET THEM ALONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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