Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STANZAS, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poet's Biography First Line: When thou at eventide art roaming Last Line: I think of thee! Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Absence; Love; Memory; Sailing & Sailors; Travel; Separation; Isolation; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
I. WHEN thou at eventide art roaming Along the elm-o'ershadow'd walk, Where fast the eddying stream is foaming, And falling downa cataract, 'Twas there with thee I wont to talk; Think thou upon the days gone by, And heave a sigh. II. When sails the moon above the mountains, And cloudless skies are purely blue, And sparkle in her light the fountains, And darker frowns the lonely yew, Then be thou melancholy too, While pausing on the hours I proved With thee, beloved. III. When wakes the dawn upon thy dwelling, And lingering shadows disappear, As soft the woodland songs are swelling A choral anthem on thine ear, Musefor that hour to thought is dear, And then its flight remembrance wings To by-past things. IV. To me, through every season, dearest; In every scene, by day, by night, Thou, present to my mind, appearest A quenchless star, for ever bright; My solitary, sole delight; Where'er I am, by shoreat sea I think of thee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING THE RUSTIC LAD'S LAMENT IN THE TOWN by DAVID MACBETH MOIR |
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