Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EARLY CANDLE-LIGHT, by RHYS CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: The low sweet melody of ancient song Last Line: Kisses asleep the heavy eyes of grief. Subject(s): Comfort; Grief; Singing & Singers; Sleep; Sorrow; Sadness; Songs | ||||||||
THE low sweet melody of ancient song Kisses asleep the heavy eyes of grief. When autumn falls and withers every leaf, When daylight shrinks and stormy nights grow long, When winter-wind and winter-cold are strong, And sorrow holds the weary heart in fief, The low sweet melody of ancient song Kisses asleep the heavy eyes of grief. When golden love lies bound with iron thong, And noble tales but mock our dull belief, When mirth has garnered every radiant sheaf And all the sickly world is harsh and wrong, The low sweet melody of ancient song Kisses asleep the heavy eyes of grief. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY |
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