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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALONE, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL Poet's Biography First Line: Still earth turns and pulses stir Last Line: Then am I dead indeed. Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew Subject(s): Pleiades (coinstellation); Cuckoos | |||
STILL earth turns and pulses stir, And each day hath its deed; But if I be dead to her, What is the life I lead? Cares the cuckoo for the wood, When the red leaves are down? Stays the robin near the brood, When they are fledged and flown? Yea, we live; the common air To both its bounty brings. Mockery! Can the absent share The half-forgotten things? Barren comfort fancy doles To him that truly sees; Sullen Earth can sever souls Far as the Pleiades. Take thy toys, stepmother Earth, -- Take force of limb and brain; All thy gifts are little worth, Till her I find again. Grass may spring and buds may stir, Why should mine eyes take heed? For if I be dead to her, Then am I dead indeed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SILVER SWANS: 14. HOTOTOGISU - HOROBIRETE by KENNETH REXROTH ODE TO THE CUCKOO by MICHAEL BRUCE AMORETTI: 19 by EDMUND SPENSER TO THE CUCKOO (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 3. TO THE CUCKOO by MARK AKENSIDE LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 6. SPRING by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE CUCKOO by ALEXANDER ANDERSON NIGHTINGALE AND CUCKOO by ALFRED AUSTIN A CUCKOO SONG by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A MORNING THOUGHT by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL |
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