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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by ANONYMOUS First Line: The stars stand up in the air Last Line: Tis my grief that her ever I knew! Subject(s): Love | |||
The stars stand up in the air, The sun and the moon are gone, The strand of its waters is bare, And her sway is swept from the swan. The cuckoo was calling all day, Hid in the branches above, How my stoirin is fled far away-- 'Tis my grief that I gave her my love! Three things through love I see-- Sorrow and sin and death-- And my mind reminding me That this doom I breathe with my breath. But sweeter than violin or lute Is my love--and she left me behind! I wish that all music were mute, And I to all beauty were blind. She's more shapely than swan by the strand, She's more radiant than grass after dew, She's more fair than the stars where they stand-- 'Tis my grief that her ever I knew! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT |
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