Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FOURTH OF JUNE AT EON, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Little silent rills of joy Last Line: This green page with any tear. | ||||||||
Little silent rills of joy Bubble up I know not whence. When mute Phoebus was a boy Silence had this eloquence. Eyes of friends and hands of friends, Love, but not the words of love. This is the top of youth. Here ends All they all were dreaming of. Mists of morning drift asunder. Laughing, mocking, lost in wonder, Where her stubborn brothers play Slender Dian trips today, Tempting to a tenderer fray. I am pelted as with roses. Fragrance, fragrance everywhere, Pure, proud lips and profile fair, Beautiful young golden hair. My heart drinks its fill, and closes. A slight smile, a parting cheer, Flouts the perils of their lot -- What should summer know of fear? -- Nor does gallant memory blot This green page with any tear. | 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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