SONGS I sang of lordly matters, Life and death, and stars and sea; Nothing of them now remains But the song I sang for thee. Vain the learned elaborate metres, Vain the deeply pondered line; All the rest are dust and ashes But that little song of thine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO J. D. H. (KILLED AT SURREY C. H., OCTOBER, 1866) by SIDNEY LANIER THE GRINDSTONE by ROBERT FROST GOOD FRIDAY, 1613. RIDING WESTWARD by JOHN DONNE THE IDEA OF BALANCE IS TO BE FOUND IN HERONS AND LOONS by JAMES HARRISON PROPERZIA ROSSI by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS DITTY IN IMITATION OF THE SPANISH: ENTRE TANTO QUE L'AVRIL by EDWARD HERBERT |