Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARIA, by ROBERT DE MONTESQUIOU Poet's Biography First Line: Appearances in hiding Last Line: Echo, reflection of a sound. Subject(s): Shadows | ||||||||
Appearances in hiding ... Swift gliding. ... The shadow of a reflection ... That's nearest to perfection. ... No probing! No conclave! A mirage on a wave. ... The design on the sun By shifting leaves done. ... The passing silhouettes Of clouds one forgets, That stain with gray quivers The lawns and the rivers. ... The thrusts that change As the shadows range Of sycamore On sandy shore. ... Forgetfulness on the dune Of the blue rays of the moon. ... Thought, in the wind's croon, Of a concert tune. ... No more solemn sensation Than the suave inclination Our fancy can loll in, Of pistil and pollen. ... All that is diaphanous, With early epitaph in us. ... The shade of an awning ... A triolet's dawning. Translucence of leaves ... Smoke above eaves. ... Less communing Than swooning. ... The most tenuous thing, Every note on the wing. ... Reed's rustling overheard, Rather than song of bird. But especially, under leaves aswarm, Reflection, the echo of a form. ... But even more, in wooded ground, Echo, reflection of a sound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ANIMAL INSIDE THE ANIMAL by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN DRIVING ALONGSIDE THE HOUSANTONIC RIVER ALONE ON A RAINY APRIL NIGHT by WILLIAM MATTHEWS NOCTURNE IN A MINOR KEY by CONRAD AIKEN SONATA IN PATHOS by CONRAD AIKEN I LOOKED FOR LIFE AND DID A SHADOW SEE by JAMES GALVIN |
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