Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WRITTEN AT NETLEY ABBEY, by SUSAN EVANCE First Line: Why should I fear the spirits of the dead? Last Line: And hold mysterious converse with the dead! Alternate Author Name(s): Hooper, Susan Evance Subject(s): Monasteries; Abbeys | ||||||||
Why should I fear the spirits of the dead? What if they wander at the hour of night, Amid these sacred walls, with silent tread, And dimly visible to mortal sight! What if they ride upon the wandering gale, And with low sighs alarm the listening ear; Or swell a deep, a sadly-sounding wail, Like solemn dirge of death! why should I fear? No! seated on some fragment of rude stone, While through the ash-trees waving o'er my head The wild winds pour their melancholy moan, My soul, by fond imagination led, Shall muse on days and years for ever flown, And hold mysterious converse with the dead! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SEMBLABLES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS VERSES FROM THE GRANDE CHARTREUSE by MATTHEW ARNOLD NETLEY ABBEY; A LEGEND OF HAMPSHIRE by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM A NIGHT FANCY by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE ELEGY ON NEWSTEAD ABBEY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON NEWSTEAD ABBEY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON SONNET WRITTEN IN A RUINOUS ABBEY by SUSAN EVANCE THE ABBEY MASON (WITH MEMORIES OF JOHN HICKS, ARCHITECT) by THOMAS HARDY SONNET TO A VIOLET by SUSAN EVANCE |
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