OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD, AUTHOR OF THE 'RETROSPECT', AND OTHER POEMS SOUTHEY! thy melodies steal o'er mine ear Like far-off joyance, or the murmuring Of wild bees in the sunny showers of Spring -- Sounds of such mingled import as may cheer The lonely breast, yet rouse a mindful tear: Wak'd by the Song doth Hope-born FANCY fling Rich showers of dewy fragrance from her wing, Till sickly PASSION'S drooping Myrtles sear Blossom anew! But O! more thrill'd, I prize Thy sadder strains, that bid in MEMORY'S Dream The faded forms of past Delight arise; Then soft, on Love's pale cheek, the tearful gleam Of Pleasure smiles -- as faint yet beauteous lies The imag'd Rainbow on a willowy stream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 44 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY by WALT WHITMAN STAGE SETTING KANSAS by BERNICE GIBBS ANDERSON EARLY DEATH AND FAME by MATTHEW ARNOLD WITH MY FANCY by KONSTANTIN DMITRIYEVICH BALMONT THE LAST MAN; A LAKE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |