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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Had I a claim to fame? Last Line: "he was her lover!" Subject(s): Hope; Love Affairs; Music & Musicians; Singing & Singers; Optimism; Songs | |||
Had I a claim to fame? Little to honor; Save when I spoke her name, Gazing upon her. Then was I crowned of men, More than my seeming. Youth's glorious hope again Bannered my dreaming. So, when our day is past; When we lie stilly Under the earth at last, Clod by white lily. Give me neither tear nor sigh; Breathe but this in passing by Where empearled with morning dew The high grass above her Waves, and above me too, "He was her lover!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY THE FALCONER OF GOD by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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