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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUT OF THE SHADOWS: AN UNFINISHED SONNET-SEQUENCE 4, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. First Line: Why should I sing when every living voice Last Line: Deep from the treasure of my heart to thee. Subject(s): Love | |||
Why should I sing when every living voice Carols in joy for my love's holiday? Why should I laugh when all the skies rejoice, Blue-girt and silvered in each sun-kissed ray? Yea, though the skies, the earth, each God-sent thing, In flowering field, or glen, or deep-set moor, Croon softly each to each, still shall I sing, Tho weak the chords or be the accents poor. These shall I bring for my love's golden fare, These shall I give as down my days she trips Song-burthened zephyrs for her wind-blown hair, Garlands of laughter for her crimson lips, Laughter or song, 'tis but love's joyous fee, Deep from the treasure of my heart to thee. | 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 AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY? by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. |
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