Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CYNTHIA RETURNED FROM THE COUNTRY, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: Is cynthia happily return'd Last Line: We lightning see, e'er we the thunder hear. Subject(s): Homecoming | ||||||||
Is Cynthia happily return'd, Whose absence I so long have mourn'd? Or do I dream, or is it she? My life's restorer 'tis, I see. Ah, Fugitive, that hadst the heart, Body and Soul so long to part! Thy presence is a sweet surprise, A welcome dream to waking eyes; Who can such joy in bounds contain, My Cynthia is come back again! No notice of your coming? This Is just to surfeit me with bliss. You are (as when you went) unkind, With such extremes to charge my mind; This sudden pleasure might destroy, E'er Sorrow could make way for Joy. The eye is struck before the ear, We lightning see, e'er we the thunder hear. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMING HOME AT TWILIGHT IN LATE SUMMER by JANE KENYON THE NEGATIVES by PHILIP LEVINE THE WATER'S CHANT by PHILIP LEVINE THE EXILE'S RETURN by ROBERT LOWELL THE RETURN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TAKING THE TRAIN HOME by WILLIAM MATTHEWS I SHALL RETURN by CLAUDE MCKAY ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
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