Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DRYAD OF THE PINE, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, forest sweetheart! Over land and sea Last Line: Her heart on mine, unmuffled by the dark. Subject(s): Dryads | ||||||||
AH, forest sweetheart! over land and sea I come once more, once more to stand by thee; My sylvan darling! set 'twixt shade and sheen, Soft as a maid, yet stately as a queen! Thy loyal head, crowned by one lonely star, Flickers thro' twilight, coldly fine, and far; But thy earth-yearning branches bend to greet The lowliest wood-grass tangled round my feet. Leaning on thee, I feel the subtlest thrill Stir thy dusk limbs, tho' all the heavens are still; And'neath thy rings of rugged fretwork, mark What seems a heart-throb muffled in the dark! Here lingering long, amid the shadowy gleams, Faintly I catch (yet scarce as one that dreams) Low words of alien music, softly sung, And rhythmic sighs in some sweet unknown tongue. And something rare, I cannot clasp or see, Flits vaguely out from this mysterious tree -- A viewless glory, an ethereal grace, Which make Elysian all the haunted place! Ethereal! viewless! yet divinely dear! Ah me! what strange enchantment hovers near. What breaths of love the old, old dreams renew! What kisses fall, like charmed Thessalian dew! My Dryad-Love hath slipped the imprisoning bark, Her heart on mine, unmuffled by the dark. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DRYAD by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN THE FESTAL HOUR by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS FAIRY FOOT by MAY FOLWELL HOISINGTON ON THE DIFFICULTY OF CONJURING UP A DRYAD by SYLVIA PLATH A MERRY HEART: DRYAD OF THE PEANUT TREE by THELMA LUCILE LULL DRYADS by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON CHORUS OF THE DRYADS by JOHN GODFREY SAXE THE DRYADS by LILIAN WHITE SPENCER STRAYED by CHARLES ERSKINE SCOTT WOOD A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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