Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SCARED HARP, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How shall the harp of poesy regain Last Line: Give the long-buried tone back to immortal words Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Harps; Musical Instruments; Lyres | ||||||||
HOW shall the harp of poesy regain That old victorious tone of prophet-years -- A spell Divine o'er guilt's perturbing fears, And all the hovering shadows of the brain? Dark, evil wings took flight before the strain, And showers of holy quiet, with its fall, Sank on the soul. Oh! who may now recall The mighty music's consecrated reign? Spirit of God! whose glory once o'erhung A throne, the ark's dread cherubim between, So let thy presence brood, though now unseen, O'er those two powers by whom the harp is strung, Feeling and Thought! till the rekindled chords Give the long-buried tone back to immortal words | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GHOSTS LISTEN TO ORPHEUS SING by GREGORY ORR TO AN AEOLIAN HARP by SARA TEASDALE THE AEOLIAN HARP by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE MASTER-PLAYER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE HARP by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE AEOLIAN HARP; AT THE SURF INN by HERMAN MELVILLE THAT HARP YOU PLAY SO WELL by MARIANNE MOORE RUMORS FROM AN AEOLIAN HARP by HENRY DAVID THOREAU AEOLIAN HARP (1) by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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