Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CLASSIC LARK, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell, sweet bird, so winsome and so wise! Last Line: While thou art pois'd above the asphodels! Subject(s): Birds; Charon; Larks; Styx (river); Skylarks | ||||||||
Farewell, sweet bird, so winsome and so wise! Though the blue heavens were native to thy flight, My desk and papers seem'd thy prime delight, Those odes, and epics, and anthologies! Methinks, thou wert so fond of ancient lore, A classic welcome in the shades below Awaits thee, now thy learned life is o'er: To fair Elysian meadows thou shalt go, A happy region, void of rain and storm; But when the Stygian boatman chirps to thee Thy wings expand, thy buoyant heart rebels: High over Styx I see thy twinkling form; I hear old Charon shouting for his fee, While thou art pois'd above the asphodels! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS; ON HEARING A SKYLARK SING by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE CAGED SKYLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE SEA AND THE SKYLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE WOODLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE LARK ASCENDING by GEORGE MEREDITH RETURNING, WE HEAR THE LARKS by ISAAC ROSENBERG AUBADE [OR, A MORNING SONG FOR IMOGEN], FR. CYMBELINE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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