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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET TO MELANCHOLY, by SUSAN EVANCE First Line: When wintry tempests agitate the deep Last Line: Beyond the narrow bounds of space or time! Alternate Author Name(s): Hooper, Susan Evance Subject(s): Melancholy; Dejection | |||
When wintry tempests agitate the deep, On some lone rock I love to sit reclined; And view the sea-birds on wild pinions sweep, And hear the roaring of the stormy wind, That, rushing through the caves with hollow sound, Seems like the voices of those viewless forms Which hover wrapped in gloomy mist around, Directing in their course the rolling storms. Then, Melancholy! thy sweet power I feel, For there thine influence reigns o'er all the scene; Then o'er my heart thy "mystic transports" steal, And from each trifling thought my bosom wean. My raptured spirit soars on wing sublime Beyond the narrow bounds of space or time! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLAD OF THE LADIES OF OLDEN TIMES by FRANCOIS VILLON THE FOUR HUMOURS by RAFAEL CAMPO DEJECTION by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT DEJECTION: AN ODE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE MELANCHOLIA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SONNET TO A VIOLET by SUSAN EVANCE |
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