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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE DODINGTON, ESQ., by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poet's Biography First Line: As late I rov'd by lodon's whispering stream Last Line: "when on that theme my young and thomson fail?'" Subject(s): Apollo; Bubb Dodington, George. Baron Melcombe; Creative Ability; Mythology - Classical; Praise; Inspiration; Creativity | |||
AS late I rov'd by Lodon's whispering Stream, Studious to sound in Verse thy much-lov'd Name, Apollo came, and touch'd my trembling Ear—— "To praise a Dodington, rash Bard! forbear! "What can thy weak, and ill-tun'd Voice avail, "When on that Theme my Young and Thomson fail?' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM FOR JAMES WRIGHT by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE GAIETY OF FORM by ROBERT BLY WAITING FOR THE STARS by ROBERT BLY A PARIS BLACKBIRD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SUNDAY DRIVE THROUGH EAGLE COUNTRY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR FALLEN by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR GENTLY BENT TO EASE US'; FOR BILL KNOTT by NORMAN DUBIE FOR RANDALL JARRELL, 1914-1965 by NORMAN DUBIE A FAREWELL TO POETRY by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER A FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER A PARAPHRASE ON THE 13TH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER |
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