Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DREAM OF INSPIRATION, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To loll back, in a misty hammock, swung Last Line: Save fancy's hinted chime of unknown seas. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Dreams; Hammocks; Wind; Inspiration; Creativity; Nightmares | ||||||||
TO loll back, in a misty hammock, swung From tip to tip of a slim crescent moon That gems some royal-purple night of June -- To dream of songs that never have been sung Since the first stars were stilled and God was young And Heaven as lonesome as a lonesome tune: To lie thus, lost to earth, with lids aswoon; By curious, cool winds back and forward flung, With fluttering hair, blurred eyes, and utter ease Adrift like lazy blood through every vein; And then, -- the pulse of unvoiced melodies Timing the raptured sense to some refrain That knows nor words, nor rhymes, nor euphonies, Save Fancy's hinted chime of unknown seas. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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