Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MORNING MIST, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Look, william, how the morning mists Last Line: Shall beam eternal day. Subject(s): Immortality; Light; Mist; Morality; Morning; Vision; Ethics | ||||||||
LOOK, William, how the morning mists Have covered all the scene, Nor house nor hill canst thou behold, Grey wood, or meadow green. The distant spire across the vale These floating vapours shroud, Scarce are the neighbouring poplars seen, Pale shadowed in the cloud. But seest thou, William, where the mists Sweep o'er the southern sky, The dim effulgence of the sun That lights them as they fly? Soon shall that glorious orb of day In all his strength arise, And roll along his azure way, Through clear and cloudless skies. Then shall we see across the vale The village spire so white, And the grey wood and meadow green Shall live again in light. So, William, from the moral world The clouds shall pass away; The light that struggles through them now Shall beam eternal day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POEM ON MORAL LEADERSHIP AS A POLITICAL DILEMMA by JUNE JORDAN SONG OF SOCIAL DESPAIR by MARVIN BELL THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S ANNUAL by NORMAN DUBIE TWO HORSES AND A DOG by JAMES GALVIN FIN-DE-SIECLE BLUES by CAROLYN KIZER HYBRIDS OF WAR: A MORALITY POEM: 4. THE MORAL by KAREN SWENSON URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THIS STORY MORALIZED by WILLIAM BASSE BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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