How passing sad! Listen, it sings again! Art thou a spirit, that amongst the boughs The livelong day dost chant that wondrous strain, Making wan Dian stoop her silver brows Out of the clouds to hear thee? Who shall say, Thou lone one! that thy melody is gay, Let him come listen now to that one note That thou art pouring o'er and o'er again Through the sweet echoes of thy mellow throat, With such a sobbing sound of deep, deep pain. I prithee cease thy song! for from my heart Thou hast made memory's bitter waters start, And fill'd my weary eyes with the soul's rain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MAIMED DEBAUCHEE by JOHN WILMOT THE LESSER BEAUTY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON MR. STOTHARD TO MR. CROMEK by WILLIAM BLAKE CALL OF THE OPEN by LAURA E. BRADSHAW ROSES IN THE SUBWAY by DANA BURNET PROLOGUE INTENDED FOR 'THE OLD BACHELOR' by ANTHONY CARY |