Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A FRIEND SETTLED IN THE COUNTRY, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Richard, the lot which fate to thee has given Last Line: Sweet solace to the wearied soul can yield. Subject(s): Cities; Comfort; Country Life; Fate; Soldiers; Urban Life; Destiny | ||||||||
RICHARD, the lot which fate to thee has given, Almost excites my envy. This green field Sweet solace to the wearied mind must yield; And yonder wide circumference of heaven, At morn or when the day-star rides on high, Or when the calm and mellowed light of even Softens the glory of the western sky, Spreads only varied beauties to thine eye. And when these scenes, these lovely scenes so fair, Hill, vale, and wood, are hidden from thy sight, Still through the deepness of the quiet air, Canst thou behold the radiant host of night, And send thy spirit through the infinite, Till lofty contemplation end in prayer. Richard, the lot which fate to thee has given, I not unenvying shall recall to mind, In that foul town, by other fate confined, Where never running brook, nor verdant field, Nor yonder wide circumference of heaven, Sweet solace to the wearied soul can yield. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER DAVID IGNATOW'S QUESTION by ROBERT BLY FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TO HELEN KELLER - HUMANITARIAN, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, GREAT SOUL by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: FINDING OF THE BODY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WE COME BACK by KENNETH REXROTH THE WAKING (2) by THEODORE ROETHKE BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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