Poetry Explorer

Search Classic and Contemporary Poetry

Search Results

Back to search

Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Searching...
Subject: PURCELL, HENRY (1659-1695)
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EPILOGUE FOR A MASQUE OF PURCELL, by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Beast and bird must bow aside
Last Line: May we still forgive ourselves, %and dance again when trumpets blow
Subject(s): Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)


HENRY PURCELL, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Have fair fallen, o fair, fair have fallen
Last Line: Off him, but meaning motion fans fresh our wits with wonder.
Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)


ODE ON THE DEATH OF MR. HENRY PURCELL: THE BLUE PENCIL, by JOHN SHEFFIELD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Good angels snatch'd him eagerly on high
Last Line: Have liv'd to set what he vouchsaf'd to write.
Alternate Author Name(s): Buckingham & Normandy, 1st Duke Of
Subject(s): Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)


ON THE DEATH OF MR. PURCELL, by JOHN DRYDEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Mark how the lark and linnet sing
Last Line: Nor know to mend their choice.
Variant Title(s): An Ode On The Death Of Mr Henry Purcell;an Ode, On The Death Of Mr. Henry Purcell, Late Servant To His Majesty
Subject(s): Death; Music & Musicians; Purcell, Henry (1659-1695); Teaching & Teachers; Dead, The; Educators; Professors