Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: POETS OF THE OLDEN TIME, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The brave old poets sing of nobler themes Last Line: Of lovers whispering where sweet rivulets flow. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
THE brave old poets sing of nobler themes Than those weak griefs which harass craven souls; The torrent of their lusty music rolls Not through dark valleys of distempered dreams, But murmurous pastures lit by sunny streams; Or, rushing from some mountain height of thought, Swells to strange meaning that our minds have sought Vainly to gather from the doubtful gleams Of our more gross perceptions. Oh, their strains Nerve and ennoble manhood! no shrill cry, Set to a treble, tells of querulous woe; Yet numbers deep-voiced as the mighty main's Merge in the ringdove's plaining, or the sigh Of lovers whispering where sweet rivulets flow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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