Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN IRELAND: 2. BY THE POOL AT THE THIRD ROSES, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I heard the sighing of the reeds Last Line: Is crying to come back again? Subject(s): Ireland; Irish | ||||||||
I heard the sighing of the reeds In the grey pool in the green land, The sea-wind in the long reeds sighing Between the green hill and the sand. I heard the sighing of the reeds Day after day, night after night; I heard the whirring wild ducks flying, I saw the sea-gulls' wheeling flight. I heard the sighing of the reeds Night after night, day after day, And I forgot old age, and dying, And youth that loves, and love's decay. I heard the sighing of the reeds At noontide and at evening, And some old dream I had forgotten I seemed to be remembering. I hear the sighing of the reeds: Is it in vain, is it in vain That some old peace I had forgotten Is crying to come back again? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SIGHTSEERS by PAUL MULDOON THE DREAM SONGS: 290 by JOHN BERRYMAN AN IRISH HEADLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GIANT'S RING: BALLYLESSON, NEAR BELFAST by ROBINSON JEFFERS IRELAND; WRITTEN FOR THE ART AUTOGRAPH DURING IRISH FAMINE by SIDNEY LANIER THE EYES ARE ALWAYS BROWN by GERALD STERN NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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