Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A FRIEND, by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We parted on the mountains, as two streams Last Line: O'er rough and smooth to travel side by side. Alternate Author Name(s): Coleridge, Hartley Subject(s): Farewell; Parting | ||||||||
WE parted on the mountains, as two streams From one clear spring pursue their several ways; And thy fleet course hath been through many a maze In foreign lands, where silvery Padus gleams To that delicious sky, whose glowing beams Brighten'd the tresses that old poets praise; Where Petrarch's patient love, and artful lays, And Ariosto's song of many themes, Moved the soft air. But I, a lazy brook, As close pent up within my native dell, Have crept along from nook to shady nook, Where flow'rets blow, and whispering Naiads dwell. Yet now we meet, that parted were so wide, O'er rough and smooth to travel side by side. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L. by JUNE JORDAN WATCHING THE NEEDLEBOATS AT SAN SABBA by JAMES JOYCE SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES ON WORDSWORTH by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE |
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