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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IANTHE, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: Ianthe! Could thy name express
Last Line: I wake to find the vision fade.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Memory
First Line: Ianthe! Could thy name express
Last Line: I wake to find the vision fade.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Memory
IANTHE! could thy name express
The unwhisper'd hope my soul conceals,
Why, from my voice thou then might'st guess
More of my heart than speech reveals.
No other homage need I pay,
All vows find utterance in thy name,
A thousand things it seems to say
That thee, and thee alone, proclaim.
In those three syllables doth flow
A music that is passing sweet,
All other notes are lost below
Until within thy name they meet.
And whether by the brooklet's side,
Or by the shallow, murmuring weir,
In the soft hush of eventide,
Thy name alone floats on my ear.
Or in the silence of the night
If thy dear name my sleep invade,
I wake to clasp a brief delight—
I wake to find the vision fade.
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