Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN MEMORIAM: DICKENS, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Methinks the air / throbs with the tolling of harmonious bells Last Line: And woven on heavens beyond time's stormy breath. Subject(s): Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) | ||||||||
METHINKS the air Throbs with the tolling of harmonious bells, Rung by the hands of spirits; everywhere We feel the presence of a soft despair And thrill to voices of divine farewells. Sweet Fancy lost, Wandering in darkness, now makes silvery moan; While Pathos, pale, and shadowy, like a ghost, Sobs upon Humor's breast, that mourns him most, The wizard king who leaves them all -- alone. Wan genii throng, From earth's four quarters hurrying, mount and mart, Pure woodland peace, the city's din and wrong. Each breathing low a fond funereal song, Each sadly bowed o'er that grand, silent heart. The children's tears Mingle with manhood's woe, that falls like rain; Low lieth one who towered above his peers, And nevermore, through all the fruitful years, Our eyes shall greet the master's like again. Creations fine, His prodigal offspring, crowd so thickly round That Wit falls foul of Sorrow, Cupids twine Warm arms with Avarice, and Love's strength divine Hath vanquished Hate on Hate's own chosen ground. Though gone, his art Triumphant spans the threatening clouds of death; Its rainbow hues forever pulse and start, Steeped in the life-blood of the human heart, And woven on heavens beyond Time's stormy breath. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DICKENS IN CAMP by FRANCIS BRET HARTE SIR W. TRELOAR'S DINNER FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN SONG WRITTEN FOR THE DINNER GIVEN TO CHARLES DICKENS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES TO C. DICKENS, ESQ. ON HIS DEPARTURE FOR AMERICA by THOMAS HOOD TO CHARLES DICKENS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR BALLADE OF A DENATURED CHRISTMAS by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE ST. LIRRIPER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY DICKENS by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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