Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE RHINE, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Vain is the effort to forget Last Line: Their joy is in their calm. Subject(s): Love; Rhine (river), Europe | ||||||||
VAIN is the effort to forget. Some day I shall be cold, I know, As is the eternal moon-lit snow Of the high Alps, to which I go: But ah, not yet! not yet! Vain is the agony of grief. 'Tis true, indeed, an iron knot Ties straitly up from mine thy lot, And were it snapt--thou lov'st me not! But is despair relief? Awhile let me with thought have done; And as this brimm'd unwrinkled Rhine And that far purple muntain line Lie sweetly in the look divine Of the slow-sinking sun; So let me lie, and calm as they Let beam upon my inward view Those eyes of deep, soft, lucent hue-- Eyes too expressive to be blue, Too lovely to be grey. Ah Quiet, all things feel thy balm! Those blue hills too, this river's flow, Were restless once, but long ago. Tam'd is their turbulent youthful glow: Their joy is in their calm. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE ISLAND OF THE SCOTS by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN GERMANY; A WINTER TALE: CAPUT 5 by HEINRICH HEINE LYRICAL INTERLUDE: 11 by HEINRICH HEINE ROMANCERO: BOOK 1. HISTORIES: KNAVE OF BERGEN by HEINRICH HEINE ROMANCERO: BOOK 1. HISTORIES: PALSGRAVINE JUTTA by HEINRICH HEINE ROMANCERO: BOOK 1. HISTORIES: THE APOLLO GOD by HEINRICH HEINE RHINE SONG OF THE GERMAN SOLDIERS AFTER VICTORY by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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