Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIDERA CADENTIA (ON THE DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA), by FORD MADOX FORD Poet's Biography First Line: When one of the old, little stars doth fall Last Line: And the ultimate change that we fear feels a little less far. Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): Death; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Dead, The | ||||||||
WHEN one of the old, little stars doth fall from its place, The eye, Glimpsing aloft must sadden to see that its space In the sky Is darker, lacking a spot of its ancient, shimmering grace, And sadder, a little, for loss of the glimmer on high. Very remote, a glitter, a mote far away, is your star, But its glint being gone from the place where it shone The night's somewhat grimmer and something is gone Out of the comforting quiet of things as they are. A shock, A change in the beat of the clock; And the ultimate change that we fear feels a little less far. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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