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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SNAP-SHOT, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A swan and cygnets, nothing more Last Line: Earth's shortest second is unique! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin | |||
A SWAN and cygnets, nothing more. Background of silver, reedy shore, Dim shapes of rounded trees, the high Effulgence of a summer sky. Only a snap-shot. Just a flash, And it was fixed, -- the mimic wash, The parent bird on-oaring slow, Her fussy little fleet in tow, The all-pervading sultry haze, The white lights on the waterways, -- A scene that never was before, A scene that will be -- Nevermore! Alas! for us. We look and wait, And labour but to imitate; Vainly for new effects we seek... Earth's shortest second is unique! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A GAGE D'AMOUR by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON A GARDEN SONG by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON ARS VICTRIX (IMITATED FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON BEFORE SEDAN by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON DORA VERSUS ROSE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON GROWING GRAY by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; IN MEMORIAM by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON IN AFTER DAYS; RONDEAU by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE BALLAD OF PROSE AND RHYME by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON WHEN THERE IS PEACE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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