Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PERPLEXED MUSIC, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Experience, like a pale musician holds Last Line: And, smiling down the stars, they whisper -- sweet. Subject(s): Patience; Experience | ||||||||
AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED TO E. J. EXPERIENCE, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand, Whence harmonies, we cannot understand, Of God's will in his worlds, the strain unfolds In sad-perplexed minors: deathly colds Fall on us while we hear, and countermand Our sanguine heart back from the fancy-land With nightingales in visionary wolds. We murmur 'Where is any certain tune Or measured music in such notes as these?' But angels, leaning from the golden seat, Are not so minded; their fine ear hath won The issue of completed cadences, And, smiling down the stars, they whisper -- SWEET. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHANEL NO. 5 by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR AS YOU CAME FROM THE HOLY LAND by JOHN ASHBERY THE LAST DEMAND by FAITH BALDWIN BIRTHDAYS AND MILESTONES by KATE M. CHIDESTER QUAE NOCENT DOCENT by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |
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