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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT BAY RIDGE, LONG ISLAND, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pleasant it is to lie amid the grass Last Line: Daisies are trembling over keats's grave. Subject(s): Long Island (n.y.) | |||
PLEASANT it is to lie amid the grass Under these shady locusts, half the day, Watching the ships reflected on the Bay, Topmast and shroud, as in a wizard's glass: To see the happy-hearted martins pass, Brushing the dew-drops from the lilac spray: Or else to hang enamored o'er some lay Of fairy regions: or to muse, alas! On Dante, exiled, journeying outworn; On patient Milton's sorrowfulest eyes Shut from the splendors of the Night and Morn; To think that now, beneath the Italian skies, In such clear air as this, by Tiber's wave, Daisies are trembling over Keats's grave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PORT JEFFERSON by LOUIS SIMPSON OZYMANDIAS REVISITED by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP STARTING FROM PAUMANOK by WALT WHITMAN THE DEVIL'S STEPPING-STONES by ARTHUR GUITERMAN A BALLAD OF DOROTHY by ARTHUR KETCHUM COLOPHON by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG AFTER THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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