Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MISS MITFORD; AUTHORESS OF 'OUR VILLAGE', by CHARLES KINGSLEY Poet's Biography First Line: The single eye, the daughter of the light Last Line: To knit in loving knowledge rich and poor. Subject(s): Mitford, Mary Russell (1787-1855) | ||||||||
THE single eye, the daughter of the light; Well pleased to recognize in lowliest shade Some glimmer of its parent beam, and made By daily draughts of brightness, inly bright. The taste severe, yet graceful, trained aright In classic depth and clearness, and repaid By thanks and honor from the wise and staid -- By pleasant skill to blame, and yet delight, And high communion with the eloquent throng Of those who purified our speech and song -- All these are yours. The same examples lure, You in each woodland, me on breezy moor -- With kindred aim the same sweet path along, To knit in loving knowledge rich and poor. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FAREWELL [TO C.E.G.] by CHARLES KINGSLEY A ROUGH RHYME ON A ROUGH MATTER; THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS by CHARLES KINGSLEY AIRLY BEACON by CHARLES KINGSLEY DOLCINO TO MARGARET by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE INVITATION (TO TOM HUGHES) by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE LAST BUCCANEER by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE SANDS OF DEE by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE THREE FISHERS by CHARLES KINGSLEY |
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