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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DOVE, by SIDNEY LANIER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If haply thou, o desdemona morn Last Line: Chadd's ford, pennsylvania, 1877. Subject(s): Doves | |||
IF haply thou, O Desdemona Morn, Shouldst call along the curving sphere, "Remain, Dear Night, sweet Moor; nay, leave me not in scorn!" With soft halloos of heavenly love and pain; -- Shouldst thou, O Spring! a-cower in coverts dark, 'Gainst proud supplanting Summer sing thy plea, And move the mighty woods through mailed bark Till mortal heart-break throbbed in every tree; -- Or (grievous if that may be yea o'er-soon!) If thou, my Heart, long holden from thy Sweet, Shouldst knock Death's door with mellow shocks of tune, Sad inquiry to make -- When may we meet? Nay, if ye three, O Morn! O Spring! O Heart! Should chant grave unisons of grief and love; Ye could not mourn with more melodious art Than daily doth yon dim sequestered dove. CHADD'S FORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 1877. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LETTING THE DOVES OUT by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE DOVE'S NECK by GERALD STERN THE DOVE IN SPRING by WALLACE STEVENS WHAT THE DOVE SINGS by CAROL FROST THE DOVE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE DOVE by ABUL HASAN OF SEVILLE A BIRTHDAY SONG by SIDNEY LANIER |
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