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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HAUNTS OF THE HALCYON, by CHARLES HENRY LUDERS Poet's Biography First Line: To stand within a gently gliding boat Last Line: To arcady, with all its golden lore. | |||
To stand within a gently gliding boat, Urged by a noiseless paddle at the stern, Whipping the crystal mirror of the fern In fairy bays where water-lilies float; To hear your reel's whirr echoed by the throat Of a wild mocking-bird, or round some turn To chance upon a wood-duck's brood that churn Swift passage toward their mother's warning note, -- This is to rule a realm that nevermore May aught but restful weariness invade; This is to live again the old days o'er, When nymph and dryad haunted stream and glade; To dream sweet, idle dreams of having strayed To Arcady, with all its golden lore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN OLD THOUGHT by CHARLES HENRY LUDERS HEART OF OAK by CHARLES HENRY LUDERS THE FOUR WINDS by CHARLES HENRY LUDERS THE PASSING SHOW by CHARLES HENRY LUDERS PRIAPUS AND THE POOL: 4 by CONRAD AIKEN DO THOU LOVE, TOO! by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS MASSACRE OF THE MACPHERSON by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN |
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