Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET SONG: THE SIRENS SING, by FRANK T. MARZIALS First Line: Hist, hist, ye winds, ye whispering wavelets Last Line: So fleet, so sweet, so few to squander or save. Subject(s): Sirens (mythology) | ||||||||
HIST, hist, ye winds, ye whispering wavelets hist, Their toil is done, their teen and trouble are o'er, Wash them, ye waves, in silence to the shore, Waft them, ye winds, with voices hushed and whist. Hist, waves and winds, here shall their eyes be kist By love, and sweet love-slumber, till the roar Of forepast storms, now stilled, for evermore, Die on their dream-horizons like dim mist. What of renown, ye winds, when storms are done? A faded foam-flower on a wearying wave. All toil is but the digging of a grave. Here let them rest awhile ere set the sun, And sip the honey'd moments one by one -- So fleet, so sweet, so few to squander or save. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ULYSSES AND THE SIREN by SAMUEL DANIEL A SEA-SPELL (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SONNET: THE LORELEI by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE UNFORGIVEN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE LORELEI by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE THE INNER TEMPLE MASQUE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) PENELOPE'S LOVER by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON DEATH AS THE FOOL by FRANK T. MARZIALS DEATH AS THE TEACHER OF LOVE-LORE by FRANK T. MARZIALS SONNET-SONG: ORPHEUS AND THE MARINERS MAKE ANSWER by FRANK T. MARZIALS |
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