Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BIRTH OF SPEECH, by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What was't awaken'd first the untried ear Last Line: Or his own voice awake him with its sound? Alternate Author Name(s): Coleridge, Hartley Subject(s): Speech; Oratory; Orators | ||||||||
WHAT was't awaken'd first the untried ear Of that sole man who was all human kind? Was it the gladsome welcome of the wind, Stirring the leaves that never yet were sere? The four mellifluous streams which flow'd so near, Their lulling murmurs all in one combin'd? The note of bird unnam'd? The startled hind Bursting the brake -- in wonder, not in fear, Of her new lord? Or did the holy ground Send forth mysterious melody to greet The gracious pressure of immaculate feet? Did viewless seraphs rustle all around, Making sweet music out of air as sweet, Or his own voice awake him with its sound? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION by ANSELM HOLLO THE ORATION; AFTER CAVAFY by CAROLYN KIZER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A SIMPLIFICATION by RICHARD WILBUR MOTHER TONGUE by RANDY BLASING THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL SATIRE: 1 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS ON WORDSWORTH by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE |
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