Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SCENE ON THE BANKS OF THE HUDSON, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cool shades and dews are round my way Last Line: And I to seek the crowd of men. Subject(s): Hudson River | ||||||||
COOL shades and dews are round my way, And silence of the early day; 'Mid the dark rocks that watch his bed, Glitters the mighty Hudson spread, Unrippled, save by drops that fall From shrubs that fringe his mountain wall; And o'er the clear still water swells The music of the Sabbath bells. All, save this little nook of land Circled with trees, on which I stand; All, save that line of hills which lie Suspended in the mimic sky -- Seems a blue void, above, below, Through which the white clouds come and go; And from the green world's farthest steep I gaze into the airy deep. Loveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour, Is prized beyond the sculptured flower. Even love, long tried and cherished long, Becomes more tender and more strong, At thought of that insatiate grave From which its yearnings cannot save. River! in this still hour thou hast Too much of heaven on earth to last; Nor long may thy still waters lie, An image of the glorious sky. Thy fate and mine are not repose, And ere another evening close, Thou to thy tides shalt turn again, And I to seek the crowd of men. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY; FOR JAMES WRIGHT by GREGORY ORR BARGE LIGHTS ON THE HUDSON by DICK ALLEN THE HUDSON by GEORGE SIDNEY HELLMAN DOBBS HIS FERRY; A LEGEND OF THE LOWER HUDSON by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER CHELSEA, 1860 by ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE THE HUDSON by MARGETTA FAUGERES ON THE CITY ENCROACHMENTS ON THE RIVER HUDSON, 1800 by PHILIP FRENEAU GREAT IS DIANA OF THE MANNAHATTOES! by ARTHUR GUITERMAN MONTGOMERY'S RETURN by ARTHUR GUITERMAN A FOREST HYMN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |
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