Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CLASSIC LANDSCAPE, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: This wood might be some grecian heritage Last Line: Nor learn what happens when the play is done. Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. Subject(s): Landscape | ||||||||
THIS wood might be some Grecian heritage Of the antique world, this hoary ilex wood; So broad the shade, so deep the solitude, So grey the air where Oread fancies brood. Beyond, the fields are tall with purple sage; The sky bends downward like a purple sheet -- A purple wind-filled sail -- i' the noonday heat; And past the river shine the fields of wheat. O tender wheat, O starry saxifrage, O deep-red tulips, how the fields are fair! Far off the mountains pierce the quivering air, Ash-coloured, mystical, remote, and bare. How far they look, the Mountains of Mirage Or northern Hills of Heaven, how far away! In front the long paulonia-blossoms sway From leafless boughs across that dreamy grey. O world, how worthy of a golden age! How might Theocritus have sung and found The Oreads here, the Naiads gathering round, Their pallid locks still dripping to the ground! For me, O world, thou art how mere a stage, Whereon the human soul must act alone, In a dead language, with the plot unknown, Nor learn what happens when the play is done. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE PLACE FOR NO STORY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS VARIATIONS ON A NEO-CLASSIC THEME by DONALD JUSTICE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS KENNST DU DAS LAND by LEONIE ADAMS INVITATION TO A PAINTER: 3 by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM SONNET: 19. ON A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON |
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