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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY LAST FAREWELL TO MY HARP, by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON First Line: And must we part? Yes, part for ever Last Line: And thou shalt calmly slumber here. Subject(s): Absence; Harps; Musical Instruments; Separation; Isolation; Lyres | |||
And must we part? yes, part for ever; I'll waken thee again -- no, never; Silence shall chain thee cold and drear, And thou shalt calmly slumber here. Unhallowed was the eve that gazed Upon the lamp which brightly blazed, The lamp which never can expire, The undying, wild, poetic fire. And Oh! unhallowed was the tongue Which boldly and uncouthly sung; I bless'd the hour when o'er my soul, Thy magic numbers gently stole, And o'er it threw those heavenly strains, Which since have bound my heart in chains; Those wild, those witching numbers still Will o'er my widow'd bosom steal. I blest that hour, but Oh! my heart, Thou and thy Lyre must part; yes, part; And this shall be my last farewell, This my sad bosom's latest knell. And here, my harp, we part for ever; I'll waken thee again, Oh! never; Silence shall chain thee cold and drear, And thou shalt calmly slumber here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GHOSTS LISTEN TO ORPHEUS SING by GREGORY ORR TO AN AEOLIAN HARP by SARA TEASDALE THE AEOLIAN HARP by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE MASTER-PLAYER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE HARP by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE AEOLIAN HARP; AT THE SURF INN by HERMAN MELVILLE THAT HARP YOU PLAY SO WELL by MARIANNE MOORE RUMORS FROM AN AEOLIAN HARP by HENRY DAVID THOREAU AEOLIAN HARP (1) by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM A DREAM by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON |
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