Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 7. THE STANZA OF CHILDE HAROLD, by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL Poet's Biography First Line: Who framed the stanza of childe harold? He Last Line: About it, like a sunset in the skies? Subject(s): Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824); Poetry & Poets; Byron, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron | ||||||||
Who framed the stanza of Childe Harold? He It was who, halting on a stormy shore, Knew well the lofty voice which evermore, In grand distress, doth haunt the sleepless sea With solemn sounds. And as each wave did roll Till one came up, the mightiest of the whole, To sweep and surge across the vacant lea, Wild words were wedded to wild melody. This poet must have had a speechless sense Of some dead summer's boundless affluence; Else, whither can we trace the passioned lore Of Beauty, steeping to the very core His royal verse, and that rare light which lies About it, like a sunset in the skies? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORIAL VERSES by MATTHEW ARNOLD FAREWELL TO HIS WIFE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON BYRON by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER A PICTURE AT NEWSTEAD by MATTHEW ARNOLD OFF MESOLONGI by ALFRED AUSTIN LAST DAYS OF BYRON by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE SEA REPLIES TO BYRON by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON IRREGULAR ODE, ON THE DEATH OF LORD BYRON by CALEB C. COLTON A DEATH IN THE BUSH by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL |
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