Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOE CLEED WI' SMYLIS THE CHEEK, by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Whair travailit saul maun gae! Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, Isaac Subject(s): Death; Farewell | ||||||||
Goe cleed wi' smylis the cheek, Goe fill wi' licht the eye ''" O vain when sorrows seek The fontis of bliss to drie! Quhan Hope hath pyned away, Quhan carke and care haif sprung, Quhan hert hath faun a prey To grief that hed nae tongue; O then it is nae tyme To feinzie quhat we fele, Or wi' ane merrie chime, To droun the solemne peal Quhilk ringis dreir and dul, Quhan hert and eyne ar ful. Nae joy is thair for me In lyf againe to knowe ''" Nae plesuir can I see In its fals and fleetinge schew ! ''" Lyk wyld and fearful waste Of wavis and bollen sand, Apperis the path I've tracit Inwitk my natif land : Fra it I must depairt, And fra al quhilk hed mie hert. Fareweil to kith and kin, Fareweil to luve uutrew, Fareweil to burn and lin, Fareweil to lift sua blew ''" Fareweil to banck and brae, Fareweil to sail"; and jrlee ''" Fareweil to pastyme gay, Quhilk ance delytit me ''" Fareweil thou sunny strand, Fareweil ance kinde Scotland ! Fresch flouirs beare mie frend, Unto mie earlie graive, Thair bid them nevir dwyne, But ower mie headstane waive ; Perchance to sume they'll wake Remembrance o' mie dome ''" And though fading, they maye make Less lonesum-lyk mie tombe ''" Sins they will emblems be Of thy luvinge sympathye. Now fareweil day's dear licht ''" Now fareweil frend and fae ''" Hail to the starrie nicht, "Whair travailit saul maun gae! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L. by JUNE JORDAN WATCHING THE NEEDLEBOATS AT SAN SABBA by JAMES JOYCE SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES JEANIE MORRISON by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL |
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