Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS: 17. ANONYMOUS PLAYS, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ye too, dim watchfires of some darkling hour Last Line: Between two child-faced masks of merrier days. Subject(s): Flowers; Plays & Playwrights | ||||||||
YE too, dim watchfires of some darkling hour, Whose fame forlorn time saves not nor proclaims Forever, but forgetfulness defames And darkness and the shadow of death devour, Lift up ye too your light, put forth your power, Let the far twilight feel your soft small flames And smile, albeit night name not even their names, Ghost by ghost passing, flower blown down on flower: That sweet-tongued shadow, like a star's that passed Singing, and light was from its darkness cast To paint the face of Painting fair with praise: And that wherein forefigured smiles the pure Fraternal face of Wordsworth's Elidure Between two child-faced masks of merrier days. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL TO AN ARTIST, TO TAKE HEART by LOUISE BOGAN THE SAVING WAY by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE FOX WHO WATCHED FOR THE MIDNIGHT SUN by NORMAN DUBIE YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE SAY by JAMES GALVIN A BALLAD OF DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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