The Poems of George Pellew

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Class Ode CLASS ODE WHEN Calypso was bidden by Zeus to set free Ulysses of old from her isle, The goddess herself built his boat by the sea And speeded his voyage with her smile. For seven long years was the hero at rest, But his destiny beckoned him on, Through perils unknown, to Penelope's breast, To the...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Class Ode CLASS ODE WHEN Calypso was bidden by Zeus to set free Ulysses of old from her isle, The goddess herself built his boat by the sea And speeded his voyage with her smile. For seven long years was the hero at rest, But his destiny beckoned him on, Through perils unknown, to Penelope's breast, To the peace that by labor is won. Thus, Harvard, four years have we dwelt with thee here, In thy elm-shaded island divine; But the word has gone forth, and, with hoping and fear, We depart from these safe arms of thine. Thou hast helped us to build the stout boat and strong oar Safe to bear us life's dangers among, And, a goddess, thou standest to bless from the shore, Ever fresh, ever fair, ever young. 14 Sonnet SONNET / AN exhalation rises from the sea And reaches up the sky and towards the moon That blesses it with splendor, queenly boon Of dainty vesture, silken, silvery: The cloud disdains the bounty, wantonly The pearled mists are far behind it strewn Along the windy intervals, and soon The cloud is swept into the night: ? like thee, My spirit, if thou willfully despise The course of things on earth and things divine. From night thou shall arise, to night again Descend on wayward winds, though on thee shine The truth of heaven, before the pitiless eyes Of speechless stars and star-swayed sea of men. September, 1882. Vita Nuova 75 VITA NUOVA ALL the pleasant thoughts of men She has known and made them hers, Graceless fancies vanish when Her voice breaks on me, and stirs Long unsounded chords that thrill With sweet music still. For a moment I was raised From myself, and spoke and moved With great poets unamazed, With old sages unreproved; Life I felt in its completeness, All its strength and sw...