Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE SHADOWS: 26, by DAVID GRAY (1838-1861) Poet's Biography First Line: There are three bonnie scottish melodies Last Line: For lo! A shower of grace is on my cheek. Subject(s): Scotland | ||||||||
There are three bonnie Scottish melodies, So native to the music of my soul, That of its humours they seem prophecies. The ravishment of Chaucer was less whole, Less perfect, when the April nightingale Let itself in upon him. Surely, Lord! Before whom psaltery and clarichord, Concentual with saintly song, prevail, There lurks some subtle sorcery, to Thee And heaven akin, in each woe-burning air! Land of the Leal, and Bonnie Bessie Lee, And Home, Sweet Home, the lilt of love's despair. Now, in remembrance even, the feeling speak, For lo! a shower of grace is on my cheek. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SCOTLAND'S WINTER by EDWIN MUIR ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE FUSELAGE INSTALLATION by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA SHOOTING SEASON; IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS IN JOHN UPDIKE'S ROOM by CHRISTOPHER WISEMAN THE EXECUTION OF MONTROSE by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE HEART OF THE BRUCE by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN ROBERT BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY BEFORE BANNOCKBURN by ROBERT BURNS IN THE SHADOWS: 19 by DAVID GRAY (1838-1861) |
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