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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LIFE-MASK OF KEATS, by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS Poet's Biography
First Line: Whether, uplifting slow his dreamful head
Last Line: Behold endymion, whom a love unknown hath crowned!
First Line: Whether, uplifting slow his dreamful head
Last Line: Behold endymion, whom a love unknown hath crowned!
WHETHER, uplifting slow his dreamful head,
He leaves a couch the fragrant pine has strown,
Whether the dim, enchanted woods have known
The sleeper's unimperiled velvet tread;
Or whether, through some winding cavern led,
That, like the shell, rings drear with ocean's moan,
He wanders till the sea, wide, bright, and lone,
Beneath his visionary eye is spread --
Whether awake, or still by slumber bound,
Behold that shepherd with a world foregone,
To hoard the white rays of a mystic Dawn, --
A listener to aerial silver sound,
With subtle moonlight smile, devote, withdrawn, --
Behold Endymion, whom a Love unknown hath crowned!
Other Poems of Interest...
INSOMNIA by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS
THE QUIET PILGRIM by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS
THE TEARS OF THE POPLARS by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS
TO SPAIN - A LAST WORD by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS
WINTER SLEEP by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS
A CHANT OF THE FOUGHT FIELD by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS
A CHRISTOPHER OF THE SHENANDOAH by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS
A DREAM TEMPLE; NEW YORK CITY by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS
A FAR CRY TO HEAVEN by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS
A LITTLE BOY'S VAIN REGRET by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS