Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE DEATH OF A NIGHTINGALE, by THOMAS RANDOLPH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go, solitary wood, and henceforth be Last Line: Shall flock about thee, and keep time with kisses. Subject(s): Birds; Nightingales | ||||||||
Go, solitary wood, and henceforth be Acquainted with no other harmony Than the pies' chattering, or the shrieking note Of boding owls and fatal raven's throat. Thy sweetest chanter's dead, that warbled forth Lays that might tempests calm, and still the north, And call down angels from their glorious sphere To hear her songs, and learn new anthems there. That soul is fled, and to Elysium gone; Thou a poor desert left. Go, then, and run; Beg there to stand a grove, and if she please To sing again beneath thy shadowy trees, The souls of happy lovers crown'd with blisses Shall flock about thee, and keep time with kisses. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY THE NIGHTINGALE IN BADELUNDA by TOMAS TRANSTROMER THE NIGHTINGALE by PAUL VERLAINE ODE, FR. THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM by RICHARD BARNFIELD NIGHTINGALES by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES BIANCA AMONG THE NIGHTINGALES by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE NIGHTINGALE; A CONVERSATION POEM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE FAIRIES' SONG by THOMAS RANDOLPH ODE TO MASTER ANTHONY STAFFORD [TO HASTEN HIM INTO COUNTRY] by THOMAS RANDOLPH |
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