Peradventure of old, some bard in Ionian Islands, Walking alone by the sea, hearing the wash of the waves, Learned the secret from them of the beautiful verse elegiac, Breathing into his song motion and sound of the sea. For as the wave of the sea, upheaving in long undulations, Plunges loud on the sands, pauses, and turns, and retreats, So the Hexameter, rising and singing, with cadence sonorous, Falls; and in refluent rhythm back the Pentameter flows? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MODEST LOVE; SONG by EDWARD DYER THE LITTLE PEACH by EUGENE FIELD DORIS; A PASTORAL by ARTHUR JOSEPH MUNBY HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY GREATER LOVE by ANTIPATER OF SIDON OUR BIRTH-CORD by KOFI ANYIDOHO |