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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF THE SILENT LAND, by JOHANN GAUDENZ VON SALIS-SEEWIS Poet's Biography First Line: Into the silent land! Last Line: Into the silent land! Subject(s): Death; Immortality; Dead, The | |||
INTO the Silent Land! Ah, who shall lead us thither? Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand. Who leads us with a gentle hand Thither, oh, thither, Into the Silent Land? Into the Silent Land! To you, ye boundless regions Of all perfection! Tender morning-visions Of beauteous souls! The future's pledge and band! Who in life's battle firm doth stand Shall bear hope's tender blossoms Into the Silent Land! O Land! O Land! For all the broken-hearted The mildest herald by our fate allotted Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand Into the land of the great departed? Into the Silent Land! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND VOICES OF THE NIGHT: L'ENVOI by JOHANN GAUDENZ VON SALIS-SEEWIS IN QUEST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DEDICATION OF THE FIRST SONNETS TO A FRIEND ... by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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