Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN OLD-FASHIONED POET, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Most tender poet, when the gods confer Last Line: The recompensed necessities of song. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Reese, Lizette Woodworth (1856-1935) | ||||||||
MOST tender poet, when the gods confer They save your gracile songs a nook apart, And bless with Time's untainted lavender The ageless April of your singing heart. You, in an age unbridled, ne'er declined The appointed patience that the Muse decrees, Until, deep in the flower of the mind The hovering words alight, like bridegroom bees. By casual praise or casual blame unstirred The placid gods grant gifts where they belong: To you, who understand, the perfect word, The recompensed necessities of song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN HONOR OF TAFFY TOPAZ by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY SONG FOR A LITTLE HOUSE by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY THE PLUMPUPPETS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY THOUGHTS WHILE PACKING A TRUNK by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY A BURNING BOSOM by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY A CHARM; FOR OUR NEW FIREPLACE TO STOP ITS SMOKING by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY A DISCOVERY by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY A GRACE BEFORE WRITING by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY A GRUB STREET RECESSIONAL by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY A HALLOWEEN MEMORY by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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