Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO COLE, THE PAINTER, DEPARTING FOR EUROPE, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thine eyes shall see the light of distant skies Last Line: But keep that earlier, wilder image bright. Variant Title(s): Sonnet--to An American Painter Departing For Europe Subject(s): Americans In Europe; Cole, Thomas (1801-1848); Paintings & Painters | ||||||||
THINE eyes shall see the light of distant skies: Yet, COLE! thy heart shall bear to Europe's strand A living image of thy native land, Such as on thy own glorious canvass lies. Lone lakes -- savannas where the bison roves -- Rocks rich with summer garlands -- solemn streams -- Skies, where the desert eagle wheels and screams -- Spring bloom and autumn blaze of boundless groves. Fair scenes shall greet thee where thou goest -- fair, But different -- everywhere the trace of men, Paths, homes, graves, ruins, from the lowest glen To where life shrinks from the fierce Alpine air. Gaze on them, till the tears shall dim thy sight, But keep that earlier, wilder image bright. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1801: AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE ENVOY TO CONSTANTINOPLE by RICHARD HOWARD VENETIAN INTERIOR, 1889 by RICHARD HOWARD THERE IS A GOLD LIGHT IN CERTAIN OLD PAINTINGS by DONALD JUSTICE DUTCH INTERIORS by JANE KENYON INVITATION TO A PAINTER: 3 by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE CHINA PAINTERS by TED KOOSER ELEGY FOR SOL LEWITT by ANN LAUTERBACH ON THE SEPARATION OF ADAM AND EVE by TIMOTHY LIU A FOREST HYMN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |
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