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SONG, by EMILY JANE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord of elbe, on elbe hill Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis Subject(s): Homesickness | ||||||||
Lord of Elbe, on Elbe hill The mist is thick and the wind is chill; And the heart of thy friend from the dawning of day Has sighed for sorrow that thou wert away. Lord of Elbe, how pleasent to me The sound of thy blithesome step would be, Rustling the heath that only now Moans as the night gusts over it blow. Bright are the fires in thy noble home; I see them far off, and it deepens the gloom; Shining like stars through the high forest boughs, Gladder they grow in the park's repose. O Alexander! when I return, Warm as those hearths thy heart would burn; Light as thine own my step would fall, If I might hear thy voice in the hall. But thou art now on the desolate sea, Thinking of Gondal and grieving for me; Longing to be in sweet Elbe again, Thinking and grieving and longing in vain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLAINT OF THE DISGUSTED BRITON IN THE STATES by GEORGE SANTAYANA OUTSIDE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA by JAMES WRIGHT HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD by ROBERT BROWNING MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER HOMESICK BLUES by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES SEVEN TIMES SEVEN [- LONGING FOR HOME] by JEAN INGELOW SONNET: TO L.T. IN FLORENCE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A DAY DREAM by EMILY JANE BRONTE |
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