I HAVE drunk deep of the flaming Sun's all-consuming glow; I've lain absorbed in dreaming 'Neath the moonbeams silv'ry flow. On tempestuous winds, wild roaring, Over all the world I've sped, And, heaven's blue vault exploring, The stars have my playmates made. The songs elves and nixies were singing Reached me in notes sweet and clear, And clouds, their soft hues mingling In roseate tints, floated near. Then joined moon and sun in the asking: Was aught more fair where I roved? I answered, in joy's rapture basking, "Yes, yes! I have loved, have loved!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ASSAULT by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY THE HIGHWAYMAN by ALFRED NOYES THE EARLY PRIMROSE by HENRY KIRKE WHITE LONDON, 1802 (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH DAWN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS LILIES: 2. MY SWORD by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN EPITAPH ON NOISY POLEMIC (BURNS'S 'BLETH'RIN BITCH') by ROBERT BURNS |