Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON APPROACHING THE STAUB-BACH, LAUTERBRUNNEN, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Uttered by whom, or how inspired - designed Last Line: This bold, this bright, this sky-born waterfall! Subject(s): Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland; Waterfalls | ||||||||
UTTERED by whom, or how inspired, -- designed For what strange service, does this concert reach Our ears, and near the dwellings of mankinb! Mid fields familiarized to human speech? No mermaids warble -- to allay the wind Driving some vessel toward a dangerous beach, -- More thrilling melodies; witch answering witch, To chant a love-spell, never intertwined Notes shrill and wild with art more musical: Alas! that from the lips of abject want Or idleness in tatters mendicant The strain should flow, -- free fancy to enthral, And with regret and useless pity haunt This bold, this bright, this sky-born waterfall! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE ANCHORED TO THE INFINITE by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESTIC LIFE: 4. THE WATERFALL by GREGORY ORR ELK RIVER FALLS by BILLY COLLINS UNDER THE WATERFALL by THOMAS HARDY BY FRAZIER CREEK FALLS by GARY SNYDER A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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