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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AEOLIAN HARP (1), by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poet's Biography First Line: O pale green sea Last Line: And constant silence, with a message from the blest? Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Harps; Musical Instruments; Lyres | |||
O pale green sea, With long, pale, purple clouds above-- What lies in me like weight of love? What dies in me With utter grief, because there comes no sign Through the sun-raying West, or the dim sea-line? O salted air, Blown round the rocky headland still, What calls me there from cove and hill? What calls me fair From thee, the first-born of the youthful night, Or in the waves is coming through the dusk twilight? O yellow Star, Quivering upon the rippling tide-- Sendest so far to one that sigh'd? Bendest thou, Star, Above, where the shadows of the dead have rest And constant silence, with a message from the blest? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GHOSTS LISTEN TO ORPHEUS SING by GREGORY ORR TO AN AEOLIAN HARP by SARA TEASDALE THE AEOLIAN HARP by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE MASTER-PLAYER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE HARP by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE AEOLIAN HARP; AT THE SURF INN by HERMAN MELVILLE THAT HARP YOU PLAY SO WELL by MARIANNE MOORE RUMORS FROM AN AEOLIAN HARP by HENRY DAVID THOREAU ON HEARING AN AEOLIAN HARP by PETER BAYLEY JR. |
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