Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I GIVE MY HEART TO THEE, O MOTHERLAND, by STANDISH JAMES O'GRADY Poet's Biography First Line: Now memory, false, spendthrift memory Last Line: Like pilgrims, wander on thy haunted shore. Variant Title(s): An Ancient Tale [or, Rhyme Subject(s): Bray, Ireland | ||||||||
Now Memory, false, spendthrift Memory, Disloyal treasure-keeper of the soul, This vision change shall never wrong from thee, Nor wasteful years, effacing as they roll. O steel-blue lake, high cradled in the hills! O sad waves, filled with little sobs and cries! White glistening shingle, hiss of mountain rills, And granite-hearted walls blotting the skies, Shine, sob, gleam, gloom for ever! Oh, in me Be what you are in Nature--a recess To sadness dedicate, the mystery Withdrawn, afar, in the soul's wilderness, Still let my thoughts, leaving the worldly roar Like pilgrims, wander on thy haunted shore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: EDITH CONANT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE DANCE OF THE SEVIN DEIDLY SYNNIS by WILLIAM DUNBAR POETASTER: SONG (4) by BEN JONSON FORMERLY A SLAVE' (AN IDEALIZED PORTRAIT, BY E. VEDDER) by HERMAN MELVILLE RENASCENCE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY THE SWING by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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