Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HELEN KELLER, by COVINGTON HALL First Line: You who never saw the sun-flamed hills Last Line: Be evermore your slave. Alternate Author Name(s): Ami, Covington; Ami, Covami Subject(s): Beauty; Dreams; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Youth; Nightmares | ||||||||
You who never saw the sun-flamed hills, The morning's opaled skies, The valley in the moonlight bathed, The evening's purple dyes; Who never heard the mocker flood The southern night with song, The music of the vesper bells Drift mist-wreathed streams along; And yet who came in darkness on The beauty few have found, In silence to the knowledge that The spheres are music-bound -- You who saw the great injustice done, As only soul-eyes can, And cried against the Strong and Great, And for the Underman: To you who shamed our cowardice, Who nerved us to be brave, The Angel of our childhood's dreams Be evermore your Slave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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