A Ballad Of Dreamland Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
A Ballad Of Dreamland
I hid my heart in a nest of roses,
Out of the sun's way, hidden apart;
In a softer bed than the soft white snow's is,
Under the roses I hid my heart.
Why would it sleep not? why should it start,
When never a leaf of the rose-tree stirred?
What made sleep flutter his wings and part?
Only the song of a secret bird.
Lie still, I said, for the wind's wing closes,
And mild leaves muffle the keen sun's dart;
Lie still, for the wind on the warm seas dozes,
And the wind is unquieter yet than thou art.
Does a thought in thee still as a thorn's wound smart?
Does the fang still fret thee of hope deferred?
What bids the lips of thy sleep dispart?
Only the song of a secret bird.
The green land's name that a charm encloses,
It never was writ in the traveller's chart,
And sweet on its trees as the fruit that grows is,
It never was sold in the merchant's mart.
The swallows of dreams through its dim fields dart,
And sleep's are the tunes in its tree-tops heard;
No hound's note wakens the wildwood hart,
Only the song of a secret bird.
<i>ENVOI</i>
In the world of dreams I have chosen my part,
To sleep for a season and hear no word
Of true love's truth or of light love's art,
Only the song of a secret bird.
This ballad makes me to read due to the secret of the singing bird!
WOW! ! that is amazing...your words take my breath away...I am in awe
Only the song of a secret bird... Fantastic metaphor relates the death within. Secret bird means a signal beyond life and mathematically the poet does not want to hear any word of true love and it brings us also a life beyond life which nearing to death perhaps. Secret bird...the metaphorical imagery haunts us to march towards....
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Conclusion, "A Ballad of Dreamland" invites readers to escape into a realm of imagination, where hearts find solace and secrets are whispered by elusive birds. The poem celebrates the allure of dreams and the longing for a place beyond the ordinary confines of reality
FOUR: The "green land" represents an idealized realm of dreams, untouched by mundane reality. It remains uncharted, unattainable, and beyond commercial value.
THREE: The speaker seeks refuge from the world's troubles by concealing their heart among roses.
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Magnificent rime, indescribable feeling of serenity....