Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SATISFIED, by HESTER A. BENEDICT First Line: Where moss-made beds are brightest by the river Last Line: Of locks long longed for -- and am satisfied. Subject(s): Babies; Happiness; Infants; Joy; Delight | ||||||||
WHERE moss-made beds are brightest by the river, And curtained round with wondrous-woven vines, I lie and watch the water-lilies quiver In the soft shadow of the haunted pines, -- Lie, as in dreams, amidst the languid laughter Of waves at play upon the harbor bar, And hear the sound of wings that follow after The wind who knoweth where the bird-nests are. So sweet the hour, I cannot well remember If care has been, or wearying toil or pain, Or life low leaning to a drear December, Or vision tortured by a teary rain; The eyes of sorrow have been kissed to sleeping By lips where many a tender mystery hides, Like music in the merry waters, keeping My feet from climbing up the mountain sides. Upon my book unread a bee sits sipping Wild honey from the fragrant wild-rose mark, And, listening, I can hear the dipping, dipping Of light oars piloting a home-bound bark. A new life flows through all the aisles of being; I seem a pulsing portion of the haze That floats and floats where saints sing softlier, seeing The dawn of heaven's own Indian summer days. And once again, oh, once again is lying Upon my heart a dainty, dimpled cheek, For whose young bloom my lips were ever crying In the old time of which I cannot speak. One little word -- the first that babies mangle -- I hear, and flush with mother-love and pride, Feeling my fingers in a golden tangle Of locks long longed for -- and am satisfied. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL |
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