Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT TINTAGIL, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Iseult, iseult, by the long waterways Last Line: Though there were greater queens who had been gay. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Arthurian Legend; Courts & Courtiers; Arthur, King | ||||||||
Iseult, Iseult, by the long waterways, Watching the wintry moon, white as a flower, I have remembered how once at Tintagil You heard the tread of Time hour after hour. By casements hung with night, while all your women slept, You turned toward Brittany, awake, alone, In the high chamber, hushed, save where the candle dripped With the slow patient sound of blood on stone. The ache of empty arms was an old tale to you, And all the tragic tunes that love can play, -- Yet with no woman born would you have changed your lot Though there were greater queens who had been gay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LANCELOT by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON MERLIN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON GALAHAD IN THE CASTLE OF THE MAIDENS by SARA TEASDALE ELAINE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY IDYLLS OF THE KING: BALIN AND BALAN by ALFRED TENNYSON IDYLLS OF THE KING: GARETH AND LYNETTE by ALFRED TENNYSON IDYLLS OF THE KING: GERAINT AND ENID by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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