Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ADDRESS TO MY MUSE, by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON First Line: Why, gentle muse, wilt thou disdain Last Line: Which now I strike in vain. | ||||||||
WHY, gentle Muse, wilt thou disdain To lend thy strains to me? Why do I supplicate in vain And bow my heart to thee? Oh! teach me how to touch the lyre, To tune the trembling chord; Teach me to fill each heart with fire, And melting strains afford. Sweep but thy hand across the string, The woodlands echo round, And mortals wond'ring, as you sing, Delighted catch each sound. Enchanted when thy voice I hear, I drop each earthly care; I feel as wafted from the world To Fancy's realms of air. Then as I wander, plaintive sing, And teach me every strain; Teach me to touch the trembling string Which now I strike in vain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SONG (1) by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON A SONG (2) by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON A SONG (IN IMITATION OF THE SCOTCH) by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON A VIEW OF DEATH by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON ALONZO AND IMANEL by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON AMERICA by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON AMERICAN POETRY; A FRAGMENT by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON AMIR KHAN by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON AN ACROSTIC: THE MOON by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON AN ACROSTIC: THE SUN by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON |
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