Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VALENTINE: TO FITZ-GREENE HALLECK, by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT Poet's Biography First Line: Must silence rest upon thy lyre Last Line: Within thy country's heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Greenwood, Grace Subject(s): Halleck, Fitz-greene (1790-1867); Holidays; Valentine's Day | ||||||||
MUST silence rest upon thy lyre, And will thy hand awake it never? And must the great deeps of thy soul Remain becalmed for ever? O for a midnight storm of song! The peal of arms, the blaze of glory, Like that which once aroused a world, -- Thy Grecian hero's story! O for a generous burst of song! Like that which once new splendor shed Round the "pilgrim shrine" of a poet's grave, And deified the dead! O for a mirth-born "Fanny," sent, That troubled lives, half unawares, Might take in dancing shapes of joy, And banish spectre cares! O for a lay, to crown the brave! -- Or rosy wreaths of love to twine, To ring joy's bells, or start grief's tear, If only it be thine! Be hero-bard, -- be minstrel gay, -- Thy song, if of thy soul a part, Must bear a charmed life, and live Within thy country's heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DARKENED HOURS by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT DREAMS by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT EMILIE PLATER by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT FANNY FORESTER by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT HERVEY TO NINA - MISS BREMER by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT I WILL NEVER GROW OLD by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT ILLUMINATION FOR VICTORIES IN MEXICO by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT INVOCATION TO MOTHER EARTH by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT LOVE'S EMBLEMS by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT LOVE-LETTER TO A FRIEND by SARA JANE CLARKE LIPPINCOTT |
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