Classic and Contemporary Poetry
O ROCK AND TORRENT, LAKE AND HILL, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poet's Biography Last Line: The imperishable past Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Past | ||||||||
O ROCK and torrent, lake and hill, Halls of a home austerely still. Remote and solemn view! O vaUey, where the wanderer sees Beyond that towering arch of trees Helvellyn and the blue! Great Nature! on our love was shed From thine abiding goodlihead Majestic fostering; We wondered, half-afraid to own In hardly-conscious hearts upgrown So infinite a thing. Within, without, whate'er hath been. In cosmic deeps the immortal scene Is mirrored, and shall last: ''" Live the long looks, the woodland ways, That twilight of enchanted days, ''" The imperishable Past. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FERGUS FALLING by GALWAY KINNELL A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV LAST THINGS by WILLIAM MEREDITH CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR ON A GRAVE AT GRINDELWALD by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS |
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