Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN A BOWER, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A maiden sits in her bower and sings Last Line: That fatal tune. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Sirens (mythology) | ||||||||
A MAIDEN sits in her bower and sings, And your heart keeps time to the tune; In the garden walks the red rose springs, -- The month is June. The month is June, and full are the days, -- Fair days, of the summer fed; And softly the singer sings her lays: Her lips are red. A face she has that is pale as Sleep, And hair like the midnight skies When the wings of tempest across them sweep, And strange dark eyes. The song she sings is a siren's song, A tempting, dangerous rune, -- If you hark at all you will hear too long That fatal tune. | 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 A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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