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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WALES, by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother of holy fire! Mother of holy dew! Subject(s): Wales | |||
Mother of holy fire! Mother of holy dew! Thy children of the mist, the moor, the mountain side, These change not from thine heart, these to thine heart allied: Mother of holy fire ! Mother of holy dew! These, that rely on thee, as blossoms on the blue. Thy children of the mist, the moor, the mountain side, These change not from thine heart, these to thine heart allied: O passionate, dark faces, melancholy's hue! These, that rely on thee, as blossoms on the blue. O deep, gray eyes, so tragic with the fires they hide! Sweet Mother, in whose light these live! thou dost abide, O passionate, dark faces, melancholy's hue! Star of the West, pale to the world: these know thee true. O deep, gray eyes, so tragic with the fires they hide! No alien hearts may know that magic, which acquaints Sweet Mother, in whose light these live! thou dost abide, Thy soul with splendid passion, a great fire of dreams; Star of the West, pale to the world: these know thee true. Thine heart with lovelier sorrow, than the wistful sea. Voices of Celtic singers and of Celtic Saints No alien hearts may know that magic, which acquaints Live on the ancient air: their royal sunlight gleams On moorland Merioneth and on sacred Dee. Thy soul with splendid passion, a great fire of dreams; Thine heart with lovelier sorrow, than the wistful sea. Voices of Celtic singers and of Celtic Saints Live on the ancient air: their royal sunlight gleams On moorland Merioneth and on sacred Dee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANTICHRIST, OR THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM; AN ODE by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON WALES VISITATION by ALLEN GINSBERG WELSH INCIDENT by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES THE BARD; A PINDARIC ODE by THOMAS GRAY THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN: A FRAGMENT by THOMAS GRAY WELSH LANDSCAPE by RONALD STUART THOMAS BY THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES AT CHARING CROSS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON THE CHURCH OF A DREAM; TO BERNHARD BERENSON by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON |
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