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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VOICES, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All day with anxious heart and wondering ear Last Line: The speech and music of immortal things. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Country Life | |||
All day with anxious heart and wondering ear I listened to the city; heard the ground Echo with human thunder, and the sound Go reeling down the streets and disappear. The headlong hours, in their wild career, Shouted and sang until the world was drowned With babel-voices, each one more profound . . . All day it surged -- but nothing could I hear. That night the country never seemed so still; The trees and grasses spoke without a word To stars that brushed them with their silver wings. Together with the moon I climbed the hill, And, in the very heart of Silence, heard The speech and music of immortal things. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TARIFF by GEORGE HENRY BOKER A DRIVE IN THE COUNTRY by TED KOOSER THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE WIND by TED KOOSER COUNTRYSIDE by JOSEPHINE MILES A BIRTHDAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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