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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BAYARD TAYLOR, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In other years - lost youth's enchanted years Last Line: Ay, he will come! To us he is not dead. Subject(s): Taylor, Bayard (1825-1878); United States - History | |||
IN other years -- lost youth's enchanted years, Seen now, and evermore, through blinding tears And empty longing for what may not be -- The Desert gave him back to us; the Sea Yielded him up; the icy Norland strand Lured him not long, nor that soft German air He loved could keep him. Ever his own land Fettered his heart and brought him back again. What sounds are these of farewell and despair Blown by the winds across the wintry main! What unknown way is this that he has gone, Our Bayard, in such silence and alone? What new strange quest has tempted him once more To leave us? Vainly, standing by the shore, We strain our eyes. But patience! ... when the soft Spring gales are blowing over Cedarcroft, Whitening the hawthorn; when the violets bloom Along the Brandywine, and overhead The sky is blue as Italy's -- he will come! Ay, he will come! To us he is not dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A VISIT TO GETTYSBURG by LUCILLE CLIFTON AFTER SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE by DAVID FERRY ACROSS THE LONG DARK BORDER by EDWARD HIRSCH WALT WHITMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS by DAVID IGNATOW THE DAY OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS; MARY 30, 1869 by EMMA LAZARUS MANHATTAN, 1609 by EDWIN MARKHAM THE DECISION (APRIL 14, 1861) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE SPARROW HARK IN THE RAIN (ALEXANDER STEPHENS HEARS NEWS) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS 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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