Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY, by JOHN STERLING (1806-1844) Poet's Biography First Line: O unseen spirit! Now a calm divine Last Line: Unhaunted by a dream of storm or strife. Subject(s): Nature | ||||||||
O UNSEEN Spirit! now a calm divine Comes forth from thee, rejoicing earth and air! Trees, hills, and houses, all distinctly shine, And thy great ocean slumbers everywhere. The mountain ridge against the purple sky Stands clear and strong, with darkened rocks and dells, And cloudless brightness opens wide and high A home aerial, where thy presence dwells. The chime of bells remote, the murmuring sea, The song of birds in whispering copse and wood, The distant voice of children's thoughtless glee, And maiden's songs, are all one voice of good. Amid the leaves' green mass a sunny play Of flash and shadow stirs like inward life: The ship's white sail glides onward far away, Unhaunted by a dream of storm or strife. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN ALFRED THE HARPER by JOHN STERLING (1806-1844) |
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