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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUGH STUART BOYD: LEGACIES, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three gifts the dying left me, aeschylus, / and gregory nazianzen, and a clock Last Line: Chime in the day which ends these parting-days! Subject(s): Boyd, Hugh Stuart (1781-1848) | |||
THREE gifts the Dying left me, -- AEschylus, And Gregory Nazianzen, and a clock Chiming the gradual hours out like a flock Of stars whose motion is melodious. The books were those I used to read from, thus Assisting my dear teacher's soul to unlock The darkness of his eyes; now, mine they mock, Blinded in turn by tears; now, murmurous Sad echoes of my young voice, years agone Intoning from these leaves the Grecian phrase, Return and choke my utterance. Books, lie down In silence on the shelf there, within gaze; And thou, clock, striking the hour's pulses on, Chime in the day which ends these parting-days! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUGH STUART BOYD: HIS DEATH, 1848 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A COURT LADY by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A MAN'S REQUIREMENTS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A PORTRAIT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A VIEW ACROSS THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A WOMAN'S SHORTCOMINGS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING BERTHA IN THE LANE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING BIANCA AMONG THE NIGHTINGALES by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |
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