Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A LADY, WHO SINGING RESEMBLED THAT OF AN ABSENT SISTER, by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON First Line: Oh! Touch the chord yet once again Last Line: For thou canst calm the storm at will! Subject(s): Singing & Singers; Songs | ||||||||
Oh! touch the chord yet once again, Nor chide me, though I weep the while; Believe me, that deep seraph strain Bore with it memory's moonlight smile. It murmured of an absent friend; The voice, the air, 't was all her own; And hers those wild, sweet notes, which blend In one mild, murmuring, touching tone. And days and months have darkly passed, Since last I listened to her lay; And Sorrow's cloud its shade hath cast, Since then, across my weary way. Yet still the strain comes sweet and clear, Like seraph-whispers, lightly breathing; Hush, busy memory, Sorrow's tear Will blight the garland thou art wreathing. 'T is sweet, though sad -- yes, I will stay, I cannot tear myself away. I thank thee, lady, for the strain, The tempest of my soul is still; Then touch the chord yet once again, For thou canst calm the storm at will! | 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 A DREAM by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON |
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