Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHORUS, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Immortal love, / whose essence is this pregnant warmth of air Last Line: Hope of the things to be, or wake a vanished form. | ||||||||
Immortal love, Whose essence is this pregnant warmth of air, O hear my prayer, And tune my fervent hymn as high above All songs in rapture as thou, sovereign Love, Art high above the other gods in power. For whatsoever things on earth are fair Are thine: thou giv'st the flower Its colours and its sweet, And in the foot-prints of thy silent feet The daisies star the prairie, and the shower Is thine, that steeps the verdure of the mead; By thee the steed Is beautiful, and every noble breed By thee remains to ages that succeed; For thee the antelope is fleet; For thee the horned bull is strong to breast The swollen torrent, bellowing to his herd; The painted bird For thee hath music and to thee addressed, And the brief sadness of his dying note Is for thy bitter absence and thy pain; Thine is the rapture of his swelling throat, And thine my strain. O fill me once again With thy lost sweetness now! As a slow wave Laps the dank hollows of a seaworn cave In deepest calm, and with prophetic sigh Repeats the ceaseless rhythm of the storm, So let thy pulses warm Mine inmost soul with high Hope of the things to be, or wake a vanished form. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ASPIRATIONS OF A COUNTRY LAD by GEORGE SANTAYANA AT THE CHURCH DOOR by GEORGE SANTAYANA BEFORE A STATUE OF ACHILLES by GEORGE SANTAYANA CLASS SONG (WHICH WILL BE SUNG ON THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY) by GEORGE SANTAYANA COLLEGE DRINKING SONG by GEORGE SANTAYANA DEDICATION OF THE FIRST SONNETS TO A FRIEND ... by GEORGE SANTAYANA DEDICATION TO THE LATER SONNETS TO URANIA by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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