Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUAI DU ROSAIRE: BRUGES, by RAINER MARIA RILKE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These streets have such a tranquil, languid gait Last Line: Clusters of chimes in the far heavens hung. Subject(s): Bruges, Belgium | ||||||||
These streets have such a tranquil, languid gait (as convalescents, moving thoughtfully, Wonder: is this the way it used to be?), and those that reach the squares linger to wait for one that passes with a single stride across the waters the clear dusk has dyed, wherein, as things grow mellowed and impearled, the clearer shines a mirror-imaged world, more real than things substantial ever were. Has not this city vanished? Oh, look there, (as if through some unfathomable law) transposed, in those blank depths it lies, defined, as though life there were of a wonted kind; hugely the luminous gardens hang, enshrined, and suddenly the dance coils there, behind the lighted windows of the hostelries. And overhead?The silence, indolent, leans, slowly crushing sweetness on her tongue: grape upon fragrant grape, from luculent clusters of chimes in the far heavens hung. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CARILLON by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW INCIDENT AT BRUGES by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE BELLS OF BRUGES by LOUISE BURTON LAIDLAW THE BELFRY OF BRUGES by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW BRUGES: QUAI DES AUGUSTINS; AFTER VAN DER VEER by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL ANTWERP AND BRUGES by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE CARILLON (ANTWERP AND BRUGES) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI BRUGES (2) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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