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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AS FROM THE PAST --, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Moonlight upon the mullioned pane Last Line: "dorothy -- dorothy!" Subject(s): Past; Yale University | |||
MOONLIGHT upon the mullioned pane, Moonlight flooding the vacant stair, Moonlight throbbing a soft refrain, Ever as I sit brooding there. Ever -- and all its strain to be "Dorothy -- Dorothy!" Back from my chair the shadows glide, And in the corner the armor glows -- Helm of the knight who rode by thy side, Greave of the hero who wore thy rose, Relics of olden chivalry -- "Dorothy -- Dorothy!" Over my head the 'scutcheons hang -- Marquis, and earl, and baronet. And, as I ponder, the gisarms clang, Truncheon on halberd ringing yet. Back flit the days of cap-a-pie. "Dorothy -- Dorothy!" Wake! for the backlog smolders dead; The gray dawn steals through the mullioned pane. Burned is the incense, the past has fled, Yet through my soul swells the soft refrain -- Dear golden dream days of thine and thee -- "Dorothy -- Dorothy!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLADE OF MYSELF AND MONSIEUR RABELAIS by LEONARD BACON (1887-1954) THE BALLADE OF THE GOLDEN HORN by LEONARD BACON (1887-1954) DEATH AND THE MONK by ARTHUR E. BAKER PASSIO XL MARTYRUM by ARTHUR E. BAKER THE LAST BALLADE; MASTER FRANCOIS VILLON LOQUITUR by THOMAS BEER WERE IT ONLY NOW by A. W. BELL THE LINE MEN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET PASTORAL by REGINALD MCINTOSH CLEVELAND THE FALCONER OF GOD by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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