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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by JOANNA BAILLIE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What voice is this, thou evening gale! Last Line: The dead shall seem to live again. Subject(s): Voices; Love | |||
What voice is this, thou evening gale! That mingles with thy rising wail; And as it passes sadly seems The faint return of youthful dreams? Though now its strain is wild and drear, Blythe was it once, as skylark's cheer -- Sweet as the night-bird's sweetest song -- Dear as the lisp of infant's tongue. It was the voice at whose sweet flow The heart did beat and cheek did glow, And lip did smile, and eye did weep, And motion'd love the measure keep. Oft be thy sound, soft gale of even, Thus to my wistful fancy given; And as I list the swelling strain, The dead shall seem to live again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A MOTHER TO HER WAKING INFANT by JOANNA BAILLIE |
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