Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MIDNIGHT AT GENEVA, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

MIDNIGHT AT GENEVA, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: The azure lake is argent now
Last Line: To the long-sighed-for smile.
Subject(s): Alps; Geneva (lake), Switzerland; Mountains; Leman, Lake; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


THE azure lake is argent now
Beneath the pale moonshine:
I seek a sign of hope in heaven:
Fair Pole-star! thou art mine.

A thousand other beacons blaze,
I follow thee alone,
Beyond the shadowy Jura range,
The Jura and the Rhone;

Beyond the purpling vineyards trim
Of sunny Clos Vougeot;
Beyond where Seine's brown waves beneath
The Norman orchards go;

Till, where the silver waters wash
The white-walled northern isle,
My heart outruns these laggart limbs
To the long-sighed-for smile.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net