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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CELTIC SPEECH, by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Never forgetful silence fall on thee Last Line: Remains wild music, even to the world's end. Subject(s): Language; Patriotism; Words; Vocabulary | |||
Never forgetful silence fall on thee, Nor younger voices overtake thee, Nor echoes from thine ancient hills forsake thee, Old music heard by Mona of the sea; And where with moving melodies there break thee, Pastoral Conway, venerable Dee. Like music lives, nor may that music die, Still in the far, fair Gaelic places; The speech, so wistful with its kindly graces, Holy Croagh Patrick knows, and holy Hy; The speech, that wakes the soul in withered faces, And wakes remembrance of great things gone by. Like music by the desolate Land's End, Mournful forgetfulness hath broken; No more words kindred to the winds are spoken, Where upon iron cliffs whole seas expend That strength, whereof the unalterable token Remains wild music, even to the world's end. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOWYOUBEENS' by TERRANCE HAYES MY LIFE: REASON LOOKS FOR TWO, THEN ARRANGES IT FROM THERE by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: THE BEST WORDS by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN CANADA IN ENGLISH by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THERE IS NO WORD by TONY HOAGLAND CONSIDERED SPEECH by JOHN HOLLANDER AND MOST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK ?Ǫ by JOHN HOLLANDER BY THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES AT CHARING CROSS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON THE CHURCH OF A DREAM; TO BERNHARD BERENSON by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON |
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