Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SEA AND THE SKYLARK, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On ear and ear two noises too old to end Last Line: To man's last dust, drain fast towards man's first slime. Subject(s): Birds; Larks; Skylarks | ||||||||
ON ear and ear two noises too old to end Trench -- right, the tide that ramps against the shore; With a flood or a fall, low lull-off or all roar, Frequenting there while moon shall wear and wend. Left hand, off land, I hear the lark ascend, His rash-fresh re-winded new-skeined score In crisps of curl off wild winch whirl, and pour And pelt music, till none 's to spill nor spend. How these two shame this shallow and frail town! How ring right out our sordid turbid time, Being pure! We, life's pride and cared-for crown, Have lost that cheer and charm of earth's past prime: Our make and making break, are breaking, down To man's last dust, drain fast towards man's first slime. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS; ON HEARING A SKYLARK SING by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE CAGED SKYLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE WOODLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE LARK ASCENDING by GEORGE MEREDITH RETURNING, WE HEAR THE LARKS by ISAAC ROSENBERG AUBADE [OR, A MORNING SONG FOR IMOGEN], FR. CYMBELINE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE VENUS AND ADONIS by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ABYSS by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS |
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