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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN AN ALAMEDA FIELD, by ANNA CATHERINE MARKHAM First Line: Lost sappho's voice passed on the wind today Last Line: How could she know my heart last night had died? Subject(s): Love - Loss Of | |||
LOST Sappho's voice passed on the wind today In the perishing soprano of a lark, That called down April's rose-apparelled way; And far quick thrills of color frayed the dark As though God's garment trailed along the east; Keen tender odors drifted from the sea, And splendid gold through all the sky increased, As her wild lyric cry rang out to me. Her strain fell quivering sweet, "Forbear to love;" Fell with the old heart-rifting of despair; Fell in a break of grief past telling of— "Forbear to love, to love forbear, forbear." To only my grief-sharpened ear she cried, How could she know my heart last night had died? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER POSSESS IT by MARK JARMAN THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LOVE COME AND GONE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 33 by JAMES JOYCE A SCOTCH SONG by JOANNA BAILLIE SIERRAN MEMORIES by ANNA CATHERINE MARKHAM |
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