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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SYMPHONY, by HELEN PHILBROOK PATTEN
First Line: What dreams and longings are within me stirred?
Last Line: And dance, clear-visioned, to a joyous song.
Subject(s): Symphonies; Concerts
First Line: What dreams and longings are within me stirred?
Last Line: And dance, clear-visioned, to a joyous song.
Subject(s): Symphonies; Concerts
What dreams and longings are within me stirred?
All that a ripened life can grasp and hold,
With those suggestive whispers still untold,
Mingled and blended with compelling word.
A theme of youth, — rich, mellow, promise-filled,
Which modulates, perplexed with varied scene
Till the last motive stands full-robed, serene.
It satisfies: and life's unrest is stilled.
With dreams fulfilled, and soul suffused with peace,
Andante wraps the sense in subtle mist.
Enfold me, luring phantom, close and long —
But let the last slow cadence bring release.
Thy sweet delirium I would fain resist,
And dance, clear-visioned, to a joyous song.
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