Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNFINISHED FRAGMENT (2), by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poet's Biography First Line: Arise, depart! For this is not your rest! Last Line: When he had risen, the shepherd good and fair. Subject(s): Calm; Rest; Sleep; Placid; Undisturbed; Tranquility | ||||||||
"ARISE, depart! for this is not your rest!" The voice fell strangely on the sleeping fold, As fell the starlight's quivering gold Upon the dusky lake's untroubled breast. And yet the Shepherd's hand had led them there, And made them to lie down amid the pastures fair. "Arise ye, and depart!" The morning rays Lit up the emerald slope and crystal pool, Sweet sustenance for many days, And quiet resting places, calm and cool. They knew not why nor whither, yet they went! His own hand put them forth, and so they were content. And so they followed Him, they could not stay When He had risen, the Shepherd good and fair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COTTAGE IN THE MIDST' by KENNETH REXROTH STILL ON WATER by KENNETH REXROTH THE LOVE POEMS OF MARICHIKO: 6 by KENNETH REXROTH REVELATION by LOUIS UNTERMEYER TO A FRIEND by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD PAX BRITANNICA by ALFRED AUSTIN CONSECRATION HYMN by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME? by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL A BIRTHDAY GREETING TO MY FATHER, 1860 by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL |
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