Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOUVENANCE DE LIEGE (NOVEMBER), by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poet's Biography First Line: Grey city by the silver meuse, I fling Last Line: Of blue-and-grey behind her upturned head. Subject(s): Liege, Belgium; Sonnet (as Literary Form) | ||||||||
GREY city by the silver Meuse, I fling One precious day to thee of my brief days; Take it, and give remembrance: Mellow praise Of chimes across a moonlit evening, Rain of light echoes; the full, wavy swing Of burdened barges down thy waterways Noise nearest music; the blue, holy haze And perfume of old altars; wing on wing Of iridescent doves descending soft Within a Gothic gate where one strews bread For alms to the air's beggars; beyond her, Arcades recessive, pinnacles aloft, November's vista deepening to one blur Of blue-and-grey behind her upturned head. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAS THAT REALLY A SONNET? by ANSELM HOLLO RETICENT SONNET by ANNE CARSON SONNET: OF THREE GIRLS AND OF THEIR TALK by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO WHAT THE SONNET IS by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON ON A MAGAZINE SONNET by RUSSELL HILLARD LOINES THE HOUSE OF LIFE: THE SONNET (INTRODUCTION) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI A MOTIVE OUT OF LOHENGRIN by ARTHUR W. UPSON |
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