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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VOICE OF D.G.R., by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poet's Biography First Line: From this carved chair wherein I sit to-night Last Line: Murmurs with waves, and sings beneath the wind. Subject(s): Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) | |||
FROM this carved chair wherein I sit to-night, The dead man read in accents deep and strong, Through lips that were like Chaucer's, his great song About the Beryl and its virgin light; And still that music lives in death's despite, And though my pilgrimage on earth be long, Time cannot do my memory so much wrong As e'er to make that gracious voice take flight. I sit here with closed eyes; the sound comes back, With youth, and hope, and glory on its track, A solemn organ-music of the mind; So, when the oracular moon brings back the tide, After long drought, the sandy channel wide Murmurs with waves, and sings beneath the wind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET FOR A PICTURE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE AT THE GRAVE OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL BEGINNINGS; FOR ROSSETTI'S FIRST PAINTING by FORD MADOX FORD DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE TO DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE POETS AT TEA: 8. ROSSETTI, WHO TOOK SIX CUPS OF IT by BARRY PAIN BIRCHINGTON CHURCH-YARD by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE P.R.B.: 1 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE P.R.B.: 2 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI FEBRUARY IN ROME by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE |
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