Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN A GARDEN OF GRANADA, by THOMAS WALSH First Line: The city rumour rises all the day Last Line: For josé maria restrepo millán. Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Granada, Spain | ||||||||
THE city rumour rises all the day Across the potted plants along the wall; The sun and winds upon the slopes hold sway, Tossing the dust and shadows in a squall. The sun is old and wearyweary here Upon the ageing roofs and miradors, The broken terraces and basins drear Where each old bell its ancient echoes pours. Ringingwhat memories to ringto those That linger herethe lizard and the cat, That haunt these solitudes in state morose Through the long day their silent habitat. Untroubled,save when in the moonlight steals Some voice in song across the lower wall, And sudden magic each old rafter feels, The while the echoes round it rise and fall. For as the wail of love or sorrow rings Along the night soft steps are on the stair And pathway; in the broken window wings Are stirring, and white arms are lolling there. And that old rose tree lifts its head anew, And there is perfume o'er the hills afar, From where Alhambra's crescent cleaves the blue To where agleam Genil and Darro are. O Voice!what is thy necromantic word That all Granada waits adown the years? Is it the sound some love-swept night has heard? The cry of love amid the cry of tears? For José Maria Restrepo Millán. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ABENCERRAGE by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE LOVER'S ROCK by ROBERT SOUTHEY ALHAMBRA SONGS: 3. THE NIGHT OF ALMOND BLOSSOMS by THOMAS WALSH ALHAMBRA SONGS: 6. THE CARAVAN by THOMAS WALSH THE BULL-FIGHT [OF GAZUL] by ANONYMOUS ST. MICHAEL by FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA GRANADA NOTEBOOK #5 by MYRONN HARDY GRANADA by MIKHAIL ARKADYEVICH SVETLOV GRANADA by MIKHAIL ARKADYEVICH SVETLOV A BALLAD OF OLD POPE JOHN by THOMAS WALSH |
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