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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VINETA, by KARL WILHELM MULLER Poet's Biography First Line: From the deep, deep bottom of the sea Last Line: From the ancient wonder-city's site. Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm | |||
From the deep, deep bottom of the sea Sounds the muffled toll of evening bells, And this far-off ringing wondrously Of the fair, old wonder-city tells. Sunk beneath the flood long, long ago, On the sand the city's ruins stay; Golden gleams from battlements below Brightly mirrored on the water play. And the skipper who in sunset light Once has seen the neeromantic glow, To the selfsame place on every night, Though the cliffs are threatening, must row. From the deep, deep bottom of the heart, Toll of muffled bells I seem to hear; Ah, such wondrous tidings they impart Of the love that once was held most dear. Sunk into the depth long, long ago, Of a lovely world the ruins stay-- Heavenly golden gleams from far below, In the mirror of my dreams they play. Then into the deep I want to fall, Steep myself in all the magie light, And I seem to hear the angels call From the ancient wonder-city's site. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH OF CONSTANTINE KANARIS by KARL WILHELM MULLER THE BIRD AND THE SHIP by KARL WILHELM MULLER THE MONK OF HEISTERBACH by KARL WILHELM MULLER CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOON by HAYDEN CARRUTH SEVEN TIMES SEVEN [- LONGING FOR HOME] by JEAN INGELOW SONNET: 8. WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY by JOHN MILTON THE WATCH OF A SWAN by SARAH MORGAN BRYAN PIATT ODE TO DUTY by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ANACREON by ANTIPATER OF SIDON |
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