Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY BROOKLET, by JEAN FRANCOIS DUCIS First Line: Thou brooklet, all unknown to song Last Line: And hear the lapwing's plaintive cry? | ||||||||
Thou brooklet, all unknown to song, Hid in the covert of the wood! Ah, yes, like thee I fear the throng, Like thee I love the solitude. O brooklet, let my sorrows past Lie all forgotten in their graves, Till in my thoughts remain at last Only thy peace, thy flowers, thy waves. The lily by thy margin waits;-- The nightingale, the marguerite; In shadow here he meditates His nest, his love, his music sweet. Near thee the self-collected soul Knows naught of error or of crime; Thy waters, murmuring as they roll, Transform his musings into rhyme. Ah, when, on bright autumnal eves, Pursuing still thy course, shall I Lisp the soft shudder of the leaves, And hear the lapwing's plaintive cry? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY HOUSEHOLD GODS by JEAN FRANCOIS DUCIS NO SECOND TROY by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE BROKEN WATER WHEEL by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM OUT OF THE SHADOW by MARGARET FAIRLESS BARBER THE BOTTOM DRAWER by AMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARR DESPISED AND REJECTED by KATHARINE LEE BATES WHOM EARTH HAS TAUGHT: REVELATION by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS |
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