Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REMEMBERED MUSIC, by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, lonely heart! Why do thy pulses beat Last Line: Shall with glad seraphs sing, in god's great light. Subject(s): Earth; God; Grief; Hearts; Voices; World; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
Oh, lonely heart! why do thy pulses beat To the hushed music of a voice so dear, That all sweet, mournful cadences repeat Its low, bewildering accents to thine ear. Why dost thou question the pale stars to know If that rich music floats upon the air, In those far realms where, else, their fires would glow Forever beautiful to thy despair? Trust thou in God; for, far within the veil, Where glad hosannas through the empyrean roll, And choral anthems of the angel's hail With hallelujah's sweet the enfranchised soul, -- The voice that sang earth's sorrow through earth's night, Shall with glad seraphs sing, in God's great light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS SONNETS FROM SERIES RELATING TO EDGAR ALLEN POE: 1 by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN A NOVEMBER LANDSACPE by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN A SEPTEMBER EVENING ON THE BANKS OF THE MOSHASSUCK by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN |
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