Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAMBRIDGE IN THE LONG, by AMY LEVY Poet's Biography First Line: Where drowsy sound of college chimes Last Line: Of loving, is too much. Subject(s): Cambridge University | ||||||||
WHERE drowsy sound of college-chimes Across the air is blown, And drowsy fragrance of the limes, I lie and dream alone. A dazzling radiance reigns o'er all -- O'er gardens densely green, O'er old grey bridges and the small, Slow flood which slides between. This is the place ; it is not strange, But known of old and dear. -- What went I forth to seek ? The change Is mine ; why am I here ? Alas, in vain I turned away, I fled the town in vain ; The strenuous life of yesterday Calleth me back again. And was it peace I came to seek ? Yet here, where memories throng, Ev'n here, I know the past is weak, I know the present strong. This drowsy fragrance, silent heat, Suit not my present mind, Whose eager thought goes out to meet The life it left behind. Spirit with sky to change ; such hope, An idle one we know ; Unship the oars, make loose the rope, Push off the boat and go. . . . Ah, would what binds me could have been Thus loosened at a touch ! This pain of living is too keen, Of loving, is too much. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE UNIVERSITY CARRIER by JOHN MILTON WHIGS AND TORIES by WILLIAM BROWNE (1692-1774) THE CANDIDATE by CHARLES CHURCHILL ELEGY UPON DOCTOR CHADDERTON, THE FIRST MASTER OF EMANUEL COLLEGE by JOHN CLEVELAND HOW THE COMMENCEMENT GROWS NEW by JOHN CLEVELAND AD CHLOEN, M.A.; FRESH FROM HER CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATION by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS A DEDICATORY ELEGY TO THE ... UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE by ABRAHAM COWLEY LINES ON DR. ROBERT SMITH by THOMAS GRAY SATIRE ON THE HEADS OF HOUSES by THOMAS GRAY A LONDON PLANE-TREE by AMY LEVY EPITAPH (ON A COMMONPLACE PERSON WHO DIED IN BED) by AMY LEVY |
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