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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE ESK: 2, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poet's Biography First Line: Not lovelier to the bard's enamoured gaze Last Line: The blackbird sings to thee at fall of night. Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Esk (river), Scotland; Landscape | |||
NOT lovelier to the bard's enamoured gaze, Winded Italian Mincio o'er its bed, By whispering reeds o'erhung, when calmly led To meditate what rural life displays; Trees statelier do not canopy with gloom The brooks of Valombrosa; nor do flowers, Beneath Ausonia's sky that seldom lowers, Empurple deep-dyed Brenta's banks with bloom Fairer than thine at sweet Lasswade: so bright Thou gleam'st, a mirror for the cooing dove, That sidelong eyes its purpling form with love Well pleased; 'mid blossomy brakes, with bosom light, All day the linnet carols; and, from grove, The blackbird sings to thee at fall of night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE PLACE FOR NO STORY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS VARIATIONS ON A NEO-CLASSIC THEME by DONALD JUSTICE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS KENNST DU DAS LAND by LEONIE ADAMS INVITATION TO A PAINTER: 3 by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM SONNET: 19. ON A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES THE RUSTIC LAD'S LAMENT IN THE TOWN by DAVID MACBETH MOIR |
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