WHAT beast of chase hath broken from the cover? Stern Gemmi listens to as full a cry, As multitudinous a harmony Of sounds, as rang the heights of Latmos over, When, from the soft couch of her sleeping lover, Up-starting, Cynthia skimmed the mountain-dew In keen pursuit, and gave, where'er she flew, Impetuous motion to the stars above her. A solitary wolf-dog, ranging on Through the bleak concave, wakes this wondrous chime Of aery voices locked in unison, -- Faint, far-off, near, deep, solemn and sublime! So from the body of one guilty deed A thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MARY UNWIN by WILLIAM COWPER THE PAST by RALPH WALDO EMERSON ROUGE BOUQUET [MARCH 7, 1918] by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER MY FAMILIAR by JOHN GODFREY SAXE GARDEN DAYS: 6. AUTUMN FIRES by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON IN THE GARDEN AT SWAINSTON (IN MEMORIAM - SIR JOHN SIMEON) by ALFRED TENNYSON THE MORAL FABLES: THE FOX, THE WOLF, AND THE HUSBANDMAN by AESOP |