Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANCIENT GREEK SONG OF EXILE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where is the summer, with her golden sun? Last Line: -- far from my own bright land! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Exiles; Greece; Greeks | ||||||||
WHERE is the summer with her golden sun? -- That festal glory hath not passed from earth: For me alone the laughing day is done! Where is the summer with her voice of mirth -- Far in my own bright land! Where are the Fauns, whose flute-notes breathe and die On the green hills? -- the founts, from sparry caves Through the wild places bearing melody? -- The reeds, low whispering o'er the river waves? -- Far in my own bright land? Where are the temples, through the dim wood shining, The virgin dances, and the choral strains? Where the sweet sisters of my youth entwining The spring's first roses for their sylvan fanes? -- Far in my own bright land! Where are the vineyards, with their joyous throngs, The red grapes pressing when the foliage fades? The lyres, the wreaths, the lovely Dorian songs, And the pine forests, and the olive shades? -- Far in my own bright land! Where the deep haunted grots, the laurel bowers, The Dryad's footsteps, and the minstrel's dreams? -- Oh, that my life were as a southern flower's! -- I might not languish then by these chill streams, -- Far from my own bright land! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FLOWER NO MORE THAN ITSELF by LINDA GREGG ALMA IN ALL SEASONS by LINDA GREGG ALMA IN THE DARK by LINDA GREGG ALMA TO HER SISTER by LINDA GREGG ALONE WITH THE GODDESS by LINDA GREGG APHRODITE AND THE NATURE OF ART by LINDA GREGG AS BEING IS ETERNAL by LINDA GREGG A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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