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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 10, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How darkly o'er yon far-off mountain frowns Last Line: Sigh for the crimes and miseries of mankind! Subject(s): Grief; Humanity; Mountains; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Storms; Sorrow; Sadness; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | |||
How darkly o'er yon far-off mountain frowns The gathered tempest! from that lurid cloud The deep-voiced thunders roll, awful and loud, Though distant; while upon the misty downs Fast falls in shadowy streaks the pelting rain. I never saw so terrible a storm! Perhaps some way-worn traveller in vain Wraps his torn raiment round his shivering form, Cold even as hope within him! I the while Pause me in sadness, though the sun-beams smile Cheerily round me. Ah, that thus my lot Might be with peace and solitude assigned, Where I might, from some little quiet cot, Sigh for the crimes and miseries of mankind! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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