Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


CELESTE: 1. THE PRELUDE by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: CHILD, IN THOSE GRAVELY-SMILING EYES
Last Line: SINGS IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE OF LOVE.

Child, in those gravely-smiling eyes,
What memory sits apart and hears
A litany of low replies,
Love's music, in a lover's ears?

Love in your heart, a guest unsought,
Unfeared, and never known for Love,
Softer than music to the thought,
Sings in an unknown tongue of love.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net