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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CALUMNY, by FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD Poet's Biography First Line: A whisper woke the air Last Line: And that -- it broke! Alternate Author Name(s): Vane, Violet Variant Title(s): Slander Subject(s): Defamation; Grief; Slander; Libel; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
A WHISPER woke the air, A soft, light tone, and low, Yet barbed with shame and woe. Ah! might it only perish there, Nor farther go! But no! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little, meaning sound; Another voice has breathed it clear; And so it wandered round From ear to lip, from lip to ear, Until it reached a gentle heart That throbbed from all the world apart And that -- it broke! It was the only heart it found, -- The only heart 't was meant to find, When first its accents woke. It reached that gentle heart at last, And that -- it broke! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A FLIGHT OF FANCY by FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD |
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