Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DECEMBER, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Only the sea intoning Last Line: Over the lonely house. Subject(s): December | ||||||||
ONLY the sea intoning, Only the wainscot-mouse, Only the wild wind moaning Over the lonely house. Darkest of all Decembers Ever my life has known, Sitting here by the embers, Stunned and helpless, alone -- Dreaming of two graves lying Out in the damp and chill: One where the buzzard, flying, Pauses at Malvern Hill; The other -- alas! the pillows Of that uneasy bed Rise and fall with the billows Over our sailor's head. Theirs the heroic story -- Died, by frigate and town! Theirs the Calm and the Glory, Theirs the Cross and the Crown. Mine to linger and languish Here by the wintry sea. Ah, faint heart! in thy anguish, What is there left to thee? Only the sea intoning, Only the wainscot-mouse, Only the wild wind moaning Over the lonely house. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMING SOON by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE A NOCTURNAL UPON ST. LUCY'S DAY, BEING THE SHORTEST DAY by JOHN DONNE THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: DECEMBER by EDMUND SPENSER DECEMBER by ELIZABETH V. AUVACHE 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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