Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAMOENS (BEFORE) (2), by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Restless, restless, craving rest Last Line: Flame to the height of ancient song. Subject(s): Camoens, Luiz De (1524-1580) | ||||||||
Restless, restless, craving rest, Forever must I fan this fire, Forever in flame on flame aspire? Yea, for the God demands thy best. The world with endless beauty teems, And thought evokes new worlds of dreams: Then hunt the flying herds of themes. And fan, yet fan thy fervid fire Until the crucibled ore shall show That fire can purge, as well as glow. In ordered ardor nobly strong, Flame to the height of ancient song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STANZAS TO A LADY, WITH THE POEMS OF CAMOENS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE TWO DEATHS: 2. DEATH OF CAMOENS by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON CAMOENS (BEFORE) (1) by HERMAN MELVILLE CAMOENS IN THE HOSPITAL (AFTER) by HERMAN MELVILLE FORMERLY A SLAVE' (AN IDEALIZED PORTRAIT, BY E. VEDDER) by HERMAN MELVILLE THE COMING STORM' (A PICTURE BY R. S. GIFFORD) by HERMAN MELVILLE A DIRGE FOR MCPHERSON; KILLED IN FRONT OF ATLANTA by HERMAN MELVILLE A REQUIEM FOR SOLDIERS LOST IN OCEAN TRANSPORTS by HERMAN MELVILLE A UTILITARIAN VIEW OF THE MONITOR'S FIGHT by HERMAN MELVILLE AFTER THE PLEASURE PARTY by HERMAN MELVILLE AN UNINSCRIBED MONUMENT - BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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