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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN: 32, by CECIL DAY LEWIS Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You that love england, who have an ear for her music Last Line: Wielders of power and welders of a new world. Alternate Author Name(s): Blake, Nicolas Subject(s): England; Revolutions; English | |||
You that love England, who have an ear for her music, The slow movement of clouds in benediction, Clear arias of light thrilling over her uplands, Over the chords of summer sustained peacefully; Ceaseless the leaves' counterpoint in a west wind lively, Blossom and river rippling loveliest allegro, And the storms of wood strings brass at year's finale: Listen. Can you not hear the entrance of a new theme? You who go out alone, on tandem or on pillion, Down arterial roads riding in April, Or sad beside lakes where hill-slopes are reflected Making fires of leaves, your high hopes fallen: Cyclists and hikers in company, day excursionists, Refugees from cursed towns and devastated areas; Know you seek a new world, a saviour to establish Long-lost kinship and restore the bloods fulfilment. You who like peace, good sticks, happy in a small way Watching birds or playing cricket with schoolboys, Who pay for drinks all round, whom disaster chose not; Yet passing derelict mills and barns roof-rent Where despair has burnt itself out -- hearts at a stand- still, Who suffer loss, aware of lowered vitality; We can tell you a secret, offer a tonic; only Submit to the visiting angel, the strange new healer. You above all who have come to the far end, victims Of a run-down machine, who can bear it no longer; Whether in easy chairs chafing at impotence Or against hunger, bullies and spies preserving The nerve for action, the spark of indignation -- Need fight in the dark no more, you know your enemies. You shall be leaders when zero hour is signalled, Wielders of power and welders of a new world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS IN ENGLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS STAYING UP FOR ENGLAND by LIAM RECTOR STONE AND FLOWER by KENNETH REXROTH THE HANGED MAN by KENNETH REXROTH ENGLISH TRAIN COMPARTMENT by JOHN UPDIKE |
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