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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAY SOMETHING TO ME, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Say something to me! I've waited so long Last Line: Over the deeps of the sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Heaven; Love; Speech; Paradise; Oratory; Orators | |||
Say something to me! I've waited so long -- Waited and wondered in vain; Only a sentence would fall like a song Over this listening pain -- Over a silence that glowers and frowns, -- Even my pencil to-night Slips in the dews of my sorrow and wounds Each tender word that I write. Say something to me -- if only to tell Me you remember the past; Let the sweet words, like the notes of a bell, Ring out my vigil at last. O it were better, far better than this Doubt and distrust in the breast, -- For in the wine of a fanciful kiss I could taste Heaven, and -- rest. Say something to me! I kneel and I plead, In my wild need, for a word; If my poor heart from this silence were freed, I could soar up like a bird In the glad morning, and twitter and sing, Carol and warble and cry Blithe as the lark as he cruises awing Over the deeps of the sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION by ANSELM HOLLO THE ORATION; AFTER CAVAFY by CAROLYN KIZER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A SIMPLIFICATION by RICHARD WILBUR MOTHER TONGUE by RANDY BLASING THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL SATIRE: 1 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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