Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PIPES OF PAN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The pipes of pan! Not idler now Last Line: Whetting his hunger on an empty shell. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Fantasy; Music & Musicians; Mythology - Classical; Pan (mythology) | ||||||||
THE Pipes of Pan! Not idler now are they Than when their cunning fashione first blew The pith of music from them: Yet for you And me their notes are blown in many a way Lost in our murmurings for that old day That fared so well without us. -- Waken to The pipings here at hand: -- The clear halloo Of truant voices, and the roundelay The waters warble in the solitude Of blooming thickets, where the robin's breast Sends up such ecstasy o'er dale and dell Each tree top answers, till in all the wood There lingers not one squirrel in his nest Whetting his hunger on an empty shell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE DEAD PAN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING CHANSON INNOCENTE: 1, FR. TULIPS by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS HYMN OF PAN by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY PAN'S PIPING by ALCAEUS OF MESSENE IDYLL 3. THE TEACHER TAUGHT by BION THE DAIRYMAIDS TO PAN by GORDON BOTTOMLEY PAN IN PANDEMONIUM by BERTON BRALEY PAN AND LUNA by ROBERT BROWNING A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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