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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BOY AND THE FLUTE, by BJORNSTJERNE MARTINIUS BJORNSON Poet's Biography First Line: Through the forest the boy wends all day long Last Line: "by the side of this which thou never shalt win!" | |||
THROUGH the forest the boy wends all day long: For there he has heard such a wonderful song. He carved him a flute of the willow-tree, And tried what the tune within it might be. The tune came out of it sad and gay; But while he listen'd it pass' away. He fell asleep, and once more it sung, And over his forehead it lovingly hung. He thought he would catch it, and wildly woke; And the tune in the pale night faded and broke. "O God! my God! take me up to Thee! For the tune Thou hast made is consuming me." And the Lord God said: 'Tis a friend divine, Though never one hour shalt thou hold it thine. Yet all other music is poor and thin By the side of this which thou never shalt win!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TREE by BJORNSTJERNE MARTINIUS BJORNSON ON THE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONUMENT IN ENGLAND TO LORD BYRON by EMMA LAZARUS SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 109 by PETRARCH SPANIARDS' GRAVES AT THE ISLES OF SHOALS by CELIA LEIGHTON THAXTER THE FOUNDERS OF OHIO by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE GOOD-BYE MY FANCY! by WALT WHITMAN TWO SONGS FROM THE PERSIAN: 1 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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