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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A RIDDLE OF THE THAMES, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At windows that from westminster Last Line: Into some visionary day. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Thames (river) | |||
AT windows that from Westminster Look southward to the Lollard's Tower, She sat, my lovely friend. A blur Of gilded mist, -- ('twas morn's first hour,) -- Made vague the world: and in the gleam Shivered the half-awakened stream. Through tinted vapour looming large, Ambiguous shapes obscurely rode. She gazed where many a laden barge Like some dim-moving saurian showed. And 'midst them, lo! two swans appeared, And o'er the waters proudly steered. Two stately swans! What did they there? Whence came they? Whither would they go? Think of them, -- things so faultless fair, -- 'Mid the black shipping down below! On, through the rose and gold, they passed, And melted in the morn at last. Ah, can it be, that they had come, Where Thames in sullied glory flows, Fugitive rebels, tired of some Secluded lake's ornate repose, Eager to taste the life that pours Its muddier wave 'twixt mightier shores? We ne'er shall know: our wonderment No barren certitude shall mar. They left behind them, as they went, A dream than knowledge ampler far; And from our world they sailed away Into some visionary day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVER TO THE THAMES OF LONDON TO FAVOUR HIS LADY ... by GEORGE TURBERVILLE IMPRESSION DU MATIN by OSCAR WILDE SYMPHONY IN YELLOW by OSCAR WILDE A DESCRIPTION OF LONDON by JOHN BANCKS THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE WALNUT-TREE OF BOARSTELL: CANTO 2 by WILLIAM BASSE BAB-LOCK-HYTHE by LAURENCE BINYON THE IDLER'S CALENDAR: AUGUST. ON THE THAMES by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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