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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WOLD WALL, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here, jeane, we vu'st did meet below Last Line: The wall is wold, my grief is new. Subject(s): Grief; Love; Memory; Walls; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
Here, Jeäne, we vu'st did meet below The leafy boughs, a-swingèn slow, Avore the zun, wi' evenèn glow, Above our road, a-beamèn red; The grass in zwath wer in the meäds, The water gleam'd among the reeds In aïr a-steälèn roun' the hall, Where ivy clung upon the wall. Ah! well-a-day! O wall adieu! The wall is wold, my grief is new. An' there you walk'd wi' blushèn pride, Where softly-wheelèn streams did glide, Drough sheädes o' poplars at my zide, An' there wi' love that still do live, Your feäce did wear the smile o' youth, The while you spoke wi' age's truth, An' wi' a rwosebud's mossy ball, I deck'd your bosom vrom the wall. Ah! well-a-day! O wall adieu! The wall is wold, my grief is new. But now when winter's raïn do vall, An' wind do beät ageän the hall, The while upon the wat'ry wall In spots o' grey the moss do grow, The ruf noo mwore shall overspread The pillor ov our weary head, Nor shall the rwose's mossy ball Behang vor you the house's wall. Ah! well-a-day! O wall adieu! The wall is wold, my grief is new. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A WINTER NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES |
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