Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CLOUDS, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: I stood and looked around, where, far and nigh Last Line: And ran away. Subject(s): Birds; Clouds | ||||||||
I STOOD and looked around where, far and nigh, The heather bloom was swaying in the air, The clouds chased one another down the sky Beyond my sight, and everywhere The birds flew through the sunshine, where they sang So loud, so clear, so sweet, the heavens rang Of lark and thrush and stare. I never heard a melody so sweet As I heard there; I never knew a day So filled with sunshine; never saw the fleet And tinted clouds so high and free and gay; Each danced to the horizon like a boy Let out from school, each tumbled in its joy And ran away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRESENCES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE CLOUDHERD'S SONG by ROBERT KELLY THE IMPRESSMENT by WILLIAM MEREDITH THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE OCEAN by STEPHEN DOBYNS THE SACHEM OF THE CLOUDS (A THANKSGIVING LEGEND) by ROBERT FROST A PORTRAIT OF MY ROOF by JAMES GALVIN ABOVE AND WITHIN by DAVID IGNATOW |
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