Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LIFE-MASK OF KEATS, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Poet to poet gave this mask, of him Last Line: And with his spirit's gaze saw and was glad. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Keats, John (1795-1821); Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
POET to poet gave this mask, of him Who sang the song of Rapture and Despair; Who to the Nightingale was kin; aware Of all the Night's enamouring -- the dim Strange ecstasy of light at the moon's rim; The unheard melodies that subtly snare The listening soul -- Pan's wayward pipes that dare To conjure shapes now beautiful, now grim. He who this life-mask prized so tenderly Might not behold the semblance that it wore, The charm ineffable -- now sweet, now sad: But well he knew what loveliness must be Upon the face of Keats for evermore, And with his spirit's gaze saw and was glad. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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