Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SADNESS BORN OF BEAUTY, by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH Poet's Biography First Line: All beautiful things bring sadness, nor alone Last Line: From the clear sky, or waters pure of stain? Subject(s): Beauty | ||||||||
ALL beautiful things bring sadness, nor alone Music, whereof that wisest poet spake; Because in us keen longings they awake After the good for which we pine and groan, From which exil'd we make continual moan, Till once again we may our spirits slake At those clear streams, which man did first forsake, When he would dig for fountains of his own. All beauty makes us sad, yet not in vain: For who would be ungracious to refuse, Or not to use, this sadness without pain, Whether it flows upon us from the hues Of sunset, from the time of stars and dews, From the clear sky, or waters pure of stain? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS DIFFERENT MINDS by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH |
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