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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODE TO THE RIVER TEIGN, by JOHN CODRINGTON BAMPFYLDE Poet's Biography First Line: Oh thou! The guardian of each floweret pale Last Line: Enshroud me, far from men, in deep repose. Alternate Author Name(s): Bamfylde, John Subject(s): Teign, River (great Britain) | |||
OH thou! the guardian of each floweret pale That decks thy lonely brim; whether thy car Hoarse murmuring from afar, Foams down the dark and solitary vale; Or through yon meads thy peaceful current roves, Where, mid the pendent umbrage pleased to stray, Thou shunn'st the noontide ray Which gilds the' encircling majesty of groves; Hail, holy sire! whilst keen remorse corrodes, Sicken'd with pleasure's pangs, this aching heart, Thy freshening streams impart; And take, oh, take me to thy bless'd abodes! But if led on by Heaven's decree to' explore The depths and shoals of fortune, once again I trust the faithless main, Torn from thy desert caves and solemn roar; Give me at length, from storms secure, and woes Of latest age, to lose the silent hours, And in thy awful bowers Enshroud me, far from men, in deep repose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM by RICHARD ALDINGTON THE FOUNTAIN by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL TO - (1) by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY DRINKING SONG, FR. THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN SONNET: 20. A FAREWELL by PHILIP SIDNEY WE ARE SEVEN by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH OUR WEAKNESS by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS |
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