Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MID-MAY, by OLIVE TILFORD DARGAN Poet's Biography First Line: Hand clamped to desk, / and eyes on task undone Last Line: When pan is at the door? Alternate Author Name(s): Burke, Fielding Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Pain; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
HAND clamped to desk, And eyes on task undone, I see a meadow pool, With shaken willows silvering. O, gods that trouble me, Wherefore, wherefore? Pan is at the door. An arabesque Of sifted sun And forest star-grass, cool With shadows tunnelling: Witch-work that tauntingly Webs my bare floor: Ah, Pan is at the door. I'm civilized, And in my veins The mountain brook is still As water in a jar; But oh, the heart hill-born, It paineth sore, For Pan is at the door. Ye sacrificed Of earth, what rains Have wept their will And drowned your rebel star, That ye should sit forlorn, Telling Greed's score, When Pan is at the door? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE PATH-FLOWER by OLIVE TILFORD DARGAN |
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