By Eve'Ry Sweet Tradition Of True Hearts Poem by Thomas Hood
By Eve'Ry Sweet Tradition Of True Hearts
By ev'ry sweet tradition of true hearts,
Graven by Time, in love with his own lore;
By all old martyrdoms and antique smarts,
Wherein Love died to be alive the more;
Yea, by the sad impression on the shore,
Left by the drown'd Leander, to endear
That coast for ever, where the billow's roar
Moaneth for pity in the Poet's ear;
By Hero's faith, and the foreboding tear
That quench'd her brand's last twinkle in its fall;
By Sappho's leap, and the low rustling fear
That sigh'd around her flight; I swear by all,
The world shall find such pattern in my act,
As if Love's great examples still were lack'd.
Wonderful sweet traditions of true hearts and love. A well deserved classic poem of the day.
That coast for ever, where the billow's roar Moaneth for pity in the Poet's ear; By Hero's faith, and the foreboding tear /// by the heroic faith of inner self the world can be conquered /// great poem penned
'Moaneth for pity in the Poet's ear; ' - loved this line. Beautiful! Congratulations on the poem's selection as the 'Poem of the Day'.
Leander, in Greek mythology, would swim across a sea every night to be with his lover Hero. Hero would light a lamp at the top of a tower to guide Leander. One stormy night Leander drowned and Hero, in despair, threw herself from the tower. I like the personification of the ocean; the billows and the coast, the loud waves moaneth for the lost lovers.
Hero's faith! ! ! ! Traditions and cultures. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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