Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HEARING MUSIC, by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When lovely sounds about my ears Last Line: Or wake in paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh Subject(s): Music & Musicians | ||||||||
When lovely sounds about my ears Like winds in Eden's tree-tops rise, And make me, though my spirit hears, For very luxury close my eyes, Let none but friends be round about Who love the soothing joy like me, That so the charm be felt throughout, And all be harmony. And when we reach the close divine, Then let the hand of her I love Come with its gentle palm on mine, As soft as snow or lighting dove; And let, by stealth, that more than friend Look sweetness in my opening eyes, For only so such dreams should end, Or wake in Paradise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINER NOTES TO AN IMAGINARY PLAYLIST by TERRANCE HAYES VARIATIONS: 13 by CONRAD AIKEN BELIEVE, BELIEVE by BOB KAUFMAN ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE POWER OF MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES ABOU BEN ADHEM by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT |
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