WE count the broken lyres that rest Where the sweet wailing singers slumber, But o'er their silent sister's breast The wild-flowers who will stoop to number? A few can touch the magic string, And noisy Fame is proud to win them:— Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them! Nay, grieve not for the dead alone Whose song has told their hearts' sad story,— Weep for the voiceless, who have known The cross without the crown of glory! Not where Leucadian breezes sweep O'er Sappho's memory-haunted billow, But where the glistening night-dews weep On nameless sorrow's churchyard pillow. O hearts that break and give no sign Save whitening lip and fading tresses, Till Death pours out his longed-for wine Slow-dropped from Misery's crushing presses,— If singing breath or echoing chord To every hidden pang were given, What endless melodies were poured, As sad as earth, as sweet as heaven!
2 мин
СлушатьThe Voiceless
0
0
34
Подарок
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the …
Другие работы автора
Daily Trials by a Sensitive Man
Oh, thr ar tims Whn all this frt an tumult that w har D sm mr stal than t th sxtn's ar His wn ull hims Ding ng ing ng Th wrl is in a simmr lik a sa Ovr a pnt vlan, — w is m All th ay lng...…
The Deacons Masterpiece Or The Wonderful
Hav yu har f th wnrful n-hss shay, That was built in suh a lgial way It ran a hunr yars t a ay, An thn, f a sun, it — ah, but stay, I'll tll yu what happn withut lay, Saring th parsn int fits, Frightning p...…
Sun and Shadow
As I lk frm th isl, 'r its billws f grn, T th billws f fam-rst blu, Yn bark, that afar in th istan is sn, Half raming, my ys will pursu: Nw ark in th shaw, sh sattrs th spray As th haff in th strk f ...…
God Save The Flag
Wash in th bl f th brav an th blming, Snath frm th altars f inslnt fs, Burning with star-firs, but nvr nsuming, Flash its bra ribbns f lily an rs…
Комментарии
Вам нужно войти , чтобы оставить комментарий