Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MEMORY OF 1876, by JAMES HERVEY HYSLOP Poet's Biography First Line: For ages past, before the forest deep Last Line: In the valley of the blue juniata. Subject(s): Beauty; Life; Memory; Past | ||||||||
FOR ages past, before the forest deep Had yielded to the ravages of man, The lonely savage gained his living In the valley of the blue Juniata. When human culture found its life and home, About the strangely wildered mountain scenes Of dell and rock, the glory was resting In the valley of the blue Juniata. A wand'ring chance brought me, a stripling then, Into the glories of that fabled stream, And started all the joys of life, when riding In the valley of the blue Juniata. The moonlight shed its silver radiance there Upon the mountain glen and woodland shade, While I stood blissful and sublimely dreaming In the valley of the blue Juniata. And drinking deeply from its fountains pure Of beauty and of power, peaceful and serene, I found my dedication there, while musing In the valley of the blue Juniata. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FERGUS FALLING by GALWAY KINNELL A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV LAST THINGS by WILLIAM MEREDITH CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR |
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