Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMMOLATED, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Children of my happier prime Last Line: Snugged in the arms of comfortable night. Subject(s): Hope; Optimism | ||||||||
Children of my happier prime, When One yet lived with me, and threw Her rainbow over life and time, Even Hope, my bride, and mother to you! O, nurtured in sweet pastoral air, And fed on flowers and light, and dew Of morning meadows -- spare, Ah, spare Reproach; spare, and upbraid me not That, yielding scarce to reckless mood But jealous of your future lot, I sealed you in a fate subdued. Have I not saved you from the drear Theft and ignoring which need be The triumph of the insincere Unanimous Mediocrity? Rest therefore, free from all despite, Snugged in the arms of comfortable night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON FORMERLY A SLAVE' (AN IDEALIZED PORTRAIT, BY E. VEDDER) by HERMAN MELVILLE THE COMING STORM' (A PICTURE BY R. S. GIFFORD) by HERMAN MELVILLE A DIRGE FOR MCPHERSON; KILLED IN FRONT OF ATLANTA by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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