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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE RIVER, by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The faint stars wake and wonder Last Line: Poison thy children's bread! | |||
THE faint stars wake and wonder, Fade and find heart anew; Above us and far under Sphereth the watchful blue. Silent she sits, outbending, A wild pathetic grace, A beauty strange, heart-rending, Upon her hair and face. O spirit cries that sever The cricket's level drone! O to give o'er endeavor And let love have its own! Within the mirrored bushes There wakes a little stir; The white-throat moves, and hushes Her nestlings under her. Beneath, the lustrous river, The watchful sky o'erhead. God, God, that Thou should'st ever Poison thy children's bread! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GLOUCESTER MOORS by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY ON A SOLDIER FALLEN IN THE PHILIPPINES by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY THE MENAGERIE by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY A DIALOGUE IN PURGATORY by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY A GREY DAY by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY FADED PICTURES by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY HARMONICS by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY HEART'S WILD-FLOWER by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY HOW THE MEAD-SLAVE WAS SET FREE by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY JETSAM by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY ROAD-HYMN FOR THE START by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY SONG-FLOWER AND POPPY: 1. IN NEW YORK by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY |
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