Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POWER AND BEAUTY OF SCOTTISH SONG, by JANET HAMILTON Poet's Biography First Line: Wake every chord, strike every string Last Line: In all their native charms, confessed. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Patriotism; Scotland; Singing & Singers; Songs | ||||||||
WAKE every chord, strike every string, Diffuse harmonious raptures round; Ye foreign songsters warbling breathe The sweetest strains of vocal sound. Then, Scotia, pour thy native lays, All tender, simple, wildly sweet, Thy martial, mournful, lively airs, Where Beauty, Power, and Pathos meet. More rich, more sweet, more thrilling far Than German or Italian song; Wake, Scotia, wake thy mountain lyre, And roll the inspiring tide along. Oh! roll the glorious tide of song, Soft gushing o'er the melting heart, Till patriot Ardour, Mirth, and Love, Their warmest, brightest powers impart. When heart-warm tears eclipse thine eyes, When struggling raptures thrill thy breast, Be Scotia's peerless powers of song, In all their native charms, confessed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY A BALLAD FOUNDED ON A REAL INCIDENT WHICH OCCURED IN HIGH LIFE by JANET HAMILTON |
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