Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INNOGEN, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poet's Biography First Line: Immortal shadow, faint and ever fair Last Line: Nor what is sadder, life, nor any human woe. Subject(s): Dramatists; Plays & Playwrights; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Silence | ||||||||
IMMORTAL shadow, faint and ever fair, Dear for unspoken words that might have been, Compelled to silent sorrow none may share, A ghost of Shakespeare's world, unheard, unseen, How many more like thee have voiceless stood Uncalled upon the threshold of his mind, The speechless children of a mighty brood Who were and are not! Never shall they find The happier comrades unto whom he gave Thought, speech, and actionthey who shall not know The end of our realities, the grave, Nor what is sadder, life, nor any human woe. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SONG OF SILENCE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON TANKA DIARY (9) by HARRYETTE MULLEN 7 A.M., A MAN AND A WOMAN by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A DECANTER OF MADEIRA, AGED 86, TO GEORGE BANCROFT, AGED 86 by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL HOW THE CUMBERLAND WENT DOWN [MARCH 8, 1862] by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL |
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