Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MARKET-BELL, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet from his pipe the piper drew Last Line: Earth's loud, imperious market bell. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Bells; Music & Musicians; Sound | ||||||||
SWEET from his pipe the piper drew A sound that ravished all men's ears, And soared ethereal to the blue Wherein the skylark disappears. The listening throng, or grave or gay, Were hushed beneath the music's sway. When sudden, on the silver notes, A loud, discordant clamor fell; A shout arose from eager throats: "The market-bell! the market-bell!" Swift rushed the audience from the place; The piper piped to empty space. A bitter story this,antique, And full of cynic irony. The keen-edged humor of the Greek, Hath it no sting for thee and me? Or glad, or wise, or sad, or fain, Dear Nature wooes us not in vain! Her mystic measures round us roll, We sit in silence at her feet; And, awed and thrilled, we own control As potent as, alas! 't is fleet. For list! for hark! we know it well Earth's loud, imperious market bell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SOUND IS LIKE ANY OTHER by DAVID IGNATOW NATURAL MUSIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 35 by JAMES JOYCE WHAT THE MOTORCYCLE SAID by MONA VAN DUYN THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE DRAGON VEIN by ANNE CARSON CALIBAN [ON THE ISLAND], FR. THE TEMPEST by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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