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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DANTE, by MARY CROSS First Line: Sublime the music - poet of the dead Last Line: First bade thee welcome to god's paradise. | |||
SUBLIME the music -- poet of the dead -- Thy heart pour'd forth in wild impassion'd strain; Through mystic chords of wonder and of dread, There throbs a note of living woe or pain. I see thee, glory-robed, on Fame's high throne, And crown'd with laurel and pale asphodel; But, oh! the yearning pathos of those eyes, The shades of sadness that within them dwell! -- Like clouds that dim the great sun-lighted skies! I deem thy sad lips breathe one word alone, The name of her who might have been thine own; But thou hast now the bliss on earth denied, And it may be thy spirit's spirit-bride First bade thee welcome to God's paradise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RIGHT TO GRIEF by CARL SANDBURG THE WINDHOVER: TO CHRIST OUR LORD by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE SONG OF HIAWATHA: HIAWATHA'S FASTING by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 15. RATHER DEEDS THAN WORDS by PHILIP AYRES SUNRISE AND SUNSET: 1. SUNRISE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) PSALM 91 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE LAND OF HOPE-TO-BE by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: PROGRESS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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