Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOHN WEISS, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: The summer comes again, yet nothing brings Last Line: And aeschylus and shakspeare lived again. Subject(s): Memory; Summer; Weiss, John (1818-1879) | ||||||||
THE summer comes again, yet nothing brings Of him but memories of that clear-lit eye, That voice, that presence that can never die. Fame o'er his dust no public trumpet rings. No bard beside his grave his genius sings. Yet he was one of that brave company, The apostles of the race -- the champion high Of faith by reason guarded from the slings Of dull sectarians and of atheist foes. In him the scholar, teacher, prophet, wit And genial friend were blended in one strain. From his electric intellect arose Auroral lights in which the past was lit, And Aeschylus and Shakspeare lived again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH THE BOBOLINKS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH THE PINES AND THE SEA by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A CHILD-SAVIOUR (A TRUE STORY) by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A NIGHT-PICTURE by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A POET'S SOLILOQUY by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A QUESTION by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A WORD TO PHILOSOPHERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH AFTER THE CENTENNIAL (A HOPE) by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH AFTER-LIFE by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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