Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN HOSPITAL: 23. MUSIC, by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Down the quiet eve Last Line: Airs of london. Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E. Subject(s): Hospitals; Music & Musicians | ||||||||
Down the quiet eve, Thro' my window with the sunset, Pipes to me a distant organ Foolish ditties; And, as when you change Pictures in a magic lantern, Books, beds, bottles, floor, and ceiling Fade and vanish, And I'm well once more. . . . August flares adust and torrid, But my heart is full of April Sap and sweetness. In the quiet eve I am loitering, longing, dreaming . . . Dreaming, and a distant organ Pipes me ditties. I can see the shop, I can smell the sprinkled pavement, Where she serves -- her chestnut chignon Thrills my senses! O, the sight and scent, Wistful eve and perfumed pavement! In the distance pipes an organ . . . The sensation Comes to me anew, And my spirit for a moment Thro' breathes the blessed Airs of London. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINER NOTES TO AN IMAGINARY PLAYLIST by TERRANCE HAYES VARIATIONS: 13 by CONRAD AIKEN BELIEVE, BELIEVE by BOB KAUFMAN ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE POWER OF MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES BALLADE OF DEAD ACTORS by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY |
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