A SONG! What songs have died Upon the earth, Voices of love and pride -- Of tears and mirth? Fading as hearts forget, As shadows flee! Vain is the voice of song, And yet -- I sing to thee! A song! What ocean shell Were silent long, If in thy touch might dwell Its all of song? A song? Then near my heart Thy cheek must be, For, like the shell, it sings -- Sweet Heart -- To thee, of thee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE HALIBUT ON WHICH I DINED by WILLIAM COWPER MONADNOC by RALPH WALDO EMERSON ULTIMA THULE: THE TIDE RISES by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW MAUD MULLER by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER KNOWLEDGE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE ISLAND OF THE SCOTS by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN GRISELDA: CHAPTER 1 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |