Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EMIGRANT, by JANE BARLOW Poet's Biography First Line: Is she asleep, asleep Last Line: Rest she adream, adream. Subject(s): Death; Dreams; Immigrants; Rest; Sleep; Dead, The; Nightmares; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration | ||||||||
Usque adeo quiddam proprium notumque requirit. IS she asleep, asleep Alone, in fair far land? With murmuring lulled that deep And shadowy waters keep Fast by the flower-lit strand, Is she asleep, asleep? If she awake, awake On bliss-embowering shore, Be sure her heart will break For the old sad voices' sake That reach to her no more, If she must wake, must wake. Ah! guard her dream, her dream, Though songs call blithe and clear About the enchanted stream; Lest reft in sooth she seem Of all she loves to hear, Rest she adream, adream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EVERYDAY WE GET MORE ILLEGAL by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA EUROPE AND AMERICA by DAVID IGNATOW EUROPE AND AMERICA by DAVID IGNATOW THE VIEW AT GUNDERSON'S by JOSEPH WARREN BEACH MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH IN THE GLORIOUS YEMEN RESTAURANT by KHALED MATTAWA END OF THE RANGE by ANSELM HOLLO A CURLEW'S CALL by JANE BARLOW |
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