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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LONGFELLOW, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The winds have talked with him confidingly Last Line: Of nature's voice he sings -- and will alway. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882); Nature; Poetry & Poets; Singing & Singers; Wind; Songs | |||
THE winds have talked with him confidingly; The trees have whispered to him; and the night Hath held him gently as a mother might, And taught him all sad tones of melody; The mountains have bowed to him; and the sea, In clamorous waves, and murmurs exquisite, Hath told him all her sorrow and delight, -- Her legends fair, -- her darkest mystery. His verse blooms like a flower, night and day; Bees cluster round his rhymes; and twitterings Of lark and swallow, in an endless May, Are mingling with the tender songs he sings. Nor shall he cease to sing -- in every lay Of Nature's voice he sings -- and will alway. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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