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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PENRHYN'S PILGRIMAGE: PRELUDE, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poet's Biography First Line: O muse that, in my days of youth Last Line: My wanderings over sea and land. Subject(s): Muses | |||
O Muse that, in my days of youth, I, Penrhyn, sought in field and wood, Once more, with thee as mentor good, In verse I'd mirror nature's truth. On distant seas, in alien lands, Long wont to roam, I knew thee not; Almost thine accents I forgot, The ministrations of thy hands. But now once more, the clouds among, Goddess, thy flight I hear thee winging; Knight-errant I, whom thy sweet singing Lures to the fairy-land of song. Help thou my thought, guide thou my hand, That I no idle thing may write; Bless thou the song I now indite -- My wanderings over sea and land. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN APOLOGY FOR NOT INVOKING THE MUSE by JOHN CIARDI FAREWELL TO TWO MUSES by CAROL FROST PLAINT OF THE POET IN AN IGNORANT AGE by CAROLYN KIZER MUSE OF MIDNIGHT by GREGORY ORR WILD HEART; FOR TRISHA by GREGORY ORR SO HELP ME SAPPHO by ANNE WALDMAN A CLOUD FANCY by ARTHUR PETERSON |
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