Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOLITARY LYRE, by GEORGE DARLEY Poet's Biography First Line: Wherefore, unlaurell'd boy, %whom the contemptuous muse will not inspire Last Line: Fated of grief to die, %impart it to my solitary lyre? Subject(s): Consolation; Poetry And Poets | ||||||||
Wherefore, unlaurell'd Boy, Whom the contemptuous Muse will not inspire, With a sad kind of joy Still sing'st thou to thy solitary lyre? The melancholy winds Pour through unnumber'd reeds their idle woes, And every Naiad finds A stream to weep her sorrow as it flows. Her sighs unto the air The Wood-maid's native oak doth broadly tell, And Echo's fond despair Intelligible rocks re-syllable. Wherefore then should not I, Albeit no haughty Muse my heart inspire, Fated of grief to die, Impart it to my solitary lyre? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER THE RELEASE OF EZRA POUND by DANNIE ABSE A.R. AMMONS AMID THE FUNGI by DIANE ACKERMAN TO THE MARTYRED POET JUAN DIAZ COVARRUBIAS by MANUEL ACUNA ANACHRONISM by BARBARA BLOCK ADAMS COMPOSED IN THE COMPOSING ROOM by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IF: IF MISS EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY HAD WRITTEN MR. LONGFELLOW'S ... by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS BY DEPUTY by ARTHUR ST. JOHN ADCOCK POEM FOR DIZZY by ELIZABETH S. ADCOCK ACCOUNT OF THE GREATEST ENGLISH POETS by JOSEPH ADDISON ETHELSTAN: RUNILDA'S CHANT by GEORGE DARLEY |
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