Peradventure of old, some bard in Ionian Islands, Walking alone by the sea, hearing the wash of the waves, Learned the secret from them of the beautiful verse elegiac, Breathing into his song motion and sound of the sea. For as the wave of the sea, upheaving in long undulations, Plunges loud on the sands, pauses, and turns, and retreats, So the Hexameter, rising and singing, with cadence sonorous, Falls; and in refluent rhythm back the Pentameter flows? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DREAM, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE by HENRY WOTTON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 4. AL-MALIK by EDWIN ARNOLD TRANSFORMATION by BEATRICE JEAN K. BOROFF TO A LADY WHO HAD LOST A RELATIVE by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD SONNETS OF SEVEN CITIES: NEW ORLEANS by BERTON BRALEY NIGHT AND THE MERRY MAN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 30 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |