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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALONE I SAT -- THE SUMMER DAY, by EMILY JANE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Failure | |||
Alone I sat; the summer day Had died in smiling light away; I saw it die, I watched it fade From misty hill and breezeless glade; And thoughts in my soul were gushing, And my heart bowed beneath their power; And tears within my eyes were rushing Because I could not speak the feeling, The solemn joy around me stealing In that divine, untroubled hour. I asked myself, "O why has heaven Denied the precious gift to me, The glorious gift to many given To speak their thoughts in poetry? "Dreams have encircled me," I said, "From careless childhood's sunny time; Visions by ardent fancy fed Since life was in its morning prime." But now, when I had hoped to sing, My fingers strike a tuneless string; And still the burden of the strain Is "Strive no more; 'tis all in vain." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEEP SORRINESS ATONEMENT SONG by GLYN MAXWELL FAILURES IN INFINITIVES by BERNADETTE MAYER ELLIPTICAL by HARRYETTE MULLEN I GO BACK TO MAY 1937 by SHARON OLDS MATER IN EXTREMIS by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER ONE: 10 by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS |
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