Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO EVENING, by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet eve, of softest voice and gentle beam Last Line: And leave soft, soothing images behind. Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight | ||||||||
SWEET Eve, of softest voice and gentlest beam, Say, since the pensive strains thou once didst hear Of him, the bard sublime of Arun's stream, Will aught beside delight thy nicer ear? Me wilt thou give to praise thy shadowy gleam, Thy fragrant breath, and dying murmurs dear; The mists, that o'er thee from thy valleys steam, And elfin shapes that round thy car appear; The music that attends thy state; the bell Of distant fold; the gently warbling wind And watch-dog's hollow voice from cottaged dell? For these to purest pleasure wake the mind; Lull each tumultuous passion to its cell; And leave soft, soothing images behind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE ECHO AND SILENCE by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES |
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