Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THROUGH THE WOOD (BY DARTMOOR, SEPT. 1893), by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poet's Biography First Line: All day long upon her throne Last Line: Now the heart must beat alone! Subject(s): Hearts; Nature; Reason; Solitude; Travel; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals; Loneliness; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
(By Dartmoor, Sept 1893) All day long upon her throne Reason sat, Ruled the realm which is her own Judged of this, disputed that: Now the heart doth beat alone! In the deep lane by the hedge Trails a leaf, And along the river's edge The low wind awakes the grief In the dry heart of the sedge. Journey through the wood you must Though the tread Falter in the soundless dust, And the dark oaks overhead Shudder in a silent gust! Journey through the wood you shall When the tors Are grown dark and tragical, And the wit no longer soars, And the valley lights enthrall! Night hath just that mystic power Now as when, On the moor there, hour by hour, Those old Neolithic men 'Mongst their monstrous stones did cower While the screech-owl swept the ground, And the wolf Went his swift mysterious round On the shore of midnight's gulf Where the dead sheep's bones are found! In a circle of gray stone Reason sat All day long among her own, Arguing this, rejecting that: Now the heart must beat alone! | 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 EPITAPHIUM CITHARISTRIAE by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR |
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