Classic and Contemporary Poetry
J. R. L. (ON HIS HOMEWARD VOYAGE): 1, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poet's Biography First Line: Back from old england, in whose courts he stood Last Line: The light-winged wisdom of his gayer rhyme. Subject(s): Diplomacy & Diplomats; Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891); Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
BACK from old England, in whose courts he stood Foremost to knit by act and word the band Between the daughter and the mother-land In all by either prized of truth and good, We welcome to a fellowship renewed His country's friend and ours. The master-hand That held the pen and lyre could still command Affairs of state, controlling league and feud. So, helped, not hindered, may his later strains Flow deeper, richer, though by sorrow toned; And life by losses grow as once by gains; And age hold fast the best that youth has owned. But ah, hurt not with touch too heavy, Time, The light-winged wisdom of his gayer rhyme. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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