Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A DEAD POET, by FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD Poet's Biography First Line: The hand that swept the sounding lyre Last Line: Forevermore! Alternate Author Name(s): Vane, Violet Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Music & Musicians; Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
THE hand that swept the sounding lyre With more than mortal skill, The lightning eye, the heart of fire, The fervent lip are still! No more, in rapture or in woe, With melody to thrill, Ah, nevermore! But angel hands shall bring him balm For every grief he knew, And Heaven's soft harps his soul shall calm With music sweet and true, And teach to him the holy charm Of Israfel anew, Forevermore! Love's silver lyre he played so well Lies shattered on his tomb, But still in air its music-spell Floats on through light and gloom; And in the hearts where soft they fell, His words of beauty bloom Forevermore! | 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 FLIGHT OF FANCY by FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD |
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