Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SERENADE, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So sweet the hour - so calm the time Last Line: In every deed shall mingle, love. | ||||||||
So sweet the hour -- so calm the time, I feel it more than half a crime When Nature sleeps and stars are mute, To mar the silence ev'n with lute. At rest on ocean's brilliant dies An image of Elysium lies: Seven Pleiades entranced in Heaven Form in the deep another seven: Endymion nodding from above Sees in the sea a second love: Within the valleys dim and brown, And on the spectral mountain's crown The wearied light is lying down: And earth, and stars, and sea, and sky Are redolent of sleep, as I Am redolent of thee and thine Enthralling love, my Adeline. But list, O list! -- so soft and low Thy lover's voice tonight shall flow That, scarce awake, thy soul shall deem My words the music of a dream. Thus, while no single sound too rude, Upon thy slumber shall intrude, Our thoughts, our souls -- O God above! In every deed shall mingle, love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANNABEL LEE by EDGAR ALLAN POE BRIDAL BALLAD by EDGAR ALLAN POE CATHOLIC HYMN by EDGAR ALLAN POE EULALIE; A SONG by EDGAR ALLAN POE |
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