Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STRICKEN HART, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The stricken hart had fled the brake Last Line: And love, some say, has conquered heaven. Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Love; Poetry & Poets; Dead, The; Paradise | ||||||||
THE stricken hart had fled the brake, His courage spent for life's dear sake. He came to die beside the lake. The golden trout leaped up to view, The moorfowl clapped his wings and crew, The swallow brushed him as she flew. He looked upon the glorious sun, His blood dropped slowly on the stone, He loved the life so nearly won, And then he died. The ravens found A carcase couched upon the ground, They said their god had dealt the wound. The Eternal Father calmly shook One page untitled from life's book. Few words. None ever cared to look. Yet woe for life thus idly riven. He blindly loved what God had given, And love, some say, has conquered Heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX ESTHER; A YOUNG MAN'S TRAGEDY: 50 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT ESTHER; A YOUNG MAN'S TRAGEDY: 51 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 110. THE OASIS OF SIDI KHALED by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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