Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET'S WISH, by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O would that in some wild and winding glen Last Line: I'd wed thee, solitude, dear nature's first-born daughter! Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, Isaac Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness | ||||||||
O WOULD that in some wild and winding glen Where human footstep ne'er did penetrate, And from the haunts of base and selfish men Remote, in dreamy loneness situate, I had my dwelling: and within my ken Nature desporting in fantastic form -- Asleep in green repose, and thundering in the storm! Then mine should be a life of deep delight, -- Rare undulations of ecstatic musing; Thoughts calm, yet ever-varying, stream bedight With flowers immortal of quick Fancy's choosing -- And like unto the ray of tremulous light, Blent by the pale moon with the entranced water, I'd wed thee, Solitude, dear Nature's first-born daughter! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES JEANIE MORRISON by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL |
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