Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STONEFOLDS: INTRODUCTION, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The ragged heather-ridge is black Last Line: I lose myself in starry space. | ||||||||
The ragged heather-ridge is black Against the sunset's frosty rose; With rustling breath, down syke and slack, The icy, eager north-wind blows. It shivers through my hair, and flicks The blood into my tingling cheek; And with adventurous urging pricks My spirit, that in drowsy reek Of glowing peats had dreamt too long, Crouched in the cosy ingle-nook, Till life seemed vainer than the song The kettle sings upon the crook -- Till life seemed vainer than the puff Of steam that perished in hot air -- A fretful fume, a vapour stuff Of gusty passion, cloudy care. But as, once more, I watch the stars Re-kindle in the glittering west, Beyond the fell-top's naked scars, Life rouses in me with new zest. The immortal wakens in my blood Beneath the wind's relentless thresh; And universal life at flood Breaks through the bonds of bone and flesh. I scale the utmost peak of night, The eternal breath upon my face; Till, borne on plumes of singing light, I lose myself in starry space. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE LINES by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON BREAKFAST by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON FLANNAN ISLE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON FOR G. by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON GERANIUMS by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON LAMENT by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RETREAT by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RUPERT BROOKE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON THE GORSE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON THE ICE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON |
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