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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STREAMLET, by THEOPHILE GAUTIER Poem Explanation Poet's Biography
First Line: A thread-like stream, that had its source
Last Line: Died in the lake's engulfing gloom!
Alternate Author Name(s): Theo, Le Bon
Subject(s): Brooks; Streams; Creeks
First Line: A thread-like stream, that had its source
Last Line: Died in the lake's engulfing gloom!
Alternate Author Name(s): Theo, Le Bon
Subject(s): Brooks; Streams; Creeks
A thread-like stream, that had its source
In lonely haunts beside a lake,
Exultingly began its course,
Resolved far pilgrimage to make.
Softly it murmured: "What delight!
Forth from the under-world I leap,
And in my wavelets' mirror bright
The golden clouds reflected sleep.
"The blue-eyed myosotis sighs
'Forget me not, when far away;'
And sunlit wings of dragon-flies
Upon my dimpled surface play.
"The wild birds from my crystal sip,
And when my stream hath onward roll'd
A few short years, perchance 'twill lip
Green vales, and rocks, and castles old.
"The foaming of my restless tide
Shall fringe stone bridge, and granite quay,
While steamships on my bosom ride
Down to the everlasting sea!"
The new-born rill, with prattling glee,
Dared the dim future thus to paint,
And, like some geyser, strove to free
Her eager waters from restraint.
But oft the giant dies a child—
The cradle borders on the tomb—
And thus—the stream that lately smiled
Died in the lake's engulfing gloom!
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