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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO E. L., ON HIS TRAVELS IN GREECE, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Illyrian woodlands, echoing falls Last Line: And fluted to the morning sea. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Greece; Lear, Edward (1812-1888); Greeks | |||
ILLYRIAN woodlands, echoing falls Of water, sheets of summer glass, The long divine Peneian pass, The vast Akrokeraunian walls, Tomohrit, Athos, all things fair, With such a pencil, such a pen, You shadow forth to distant men, I read and felt that I was there. And trust me while I turn'd the page, And track'd you still on classic ground, I grew in gladness till I found My spirits in the golden age. For me the torrent ever pour'd And glisten'd -- here and there alone The broad-limb'd Gods at random thrown By fountain-urns; -- and Naiads oar'd A glimmering shoulder under gloom Of cavern pillars; on the swell The silver lily heaved and fell; And many a slope was rich in bloom, From him that on the mountain lea By dancing rivulets fed his flocks To him who sat upon the rocks And fluted to the morning sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FLOWER NO MORE THAN ITSELF by LINDA GREGG ALMA IN ALL SEASONS by LINDA GREGG ALMA IN THE DARK by LINDA GREGG ALMA TO HER SISTER by LINDA GREGG ALONE WITH THE GODDESS by LINDA GREGG APHRODITE AND THE NATURE OF ART by LINDA GREGG AS BEING IS ETERNAL by LINDA GREGG A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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