A short poem by this poet begins and ends all 3ve stanzas with the words "now" and "me," respectively, as in, "Now lies the earth all Danae to the stars, and all thy heart lies open unto me."
A short poem by this poet begins and ends all 3ve stanzas with the words "now" and "me," respectively, as in, "Now lies the earth all Danae to the stars, and all thy heart lies open unto me." Another of his poems spoken by a shepherd instructs a maid to "cease...to set a star upon the sparkling spire" and "let the wild lean-headed eagles yelp alone," inviting her to the valley where she will hear "the moan of doves in immemorial elms, and murmuring of innumerable bees." Another poem by this man invokes "the 3rst beam glittering on a sail that brings our friends up from the underworld" and "the earliest pipe of half-awakened birds to dying ears" in a series of similes leading into nostalgic refrains about "the days that are no more." His narrative poem The Princess includes the interpolated lyrics "Now sleeps the crimson petal," "Come down, O maid," and "Tears, idle tears." For 10 points, name this Victorian poet who also wrote "The Lady of Shalott."
A short poem by this poet begins and ends all 3ve stanzas with the words "now" and "me," respectively, as in, "Now lies the earth all Danae to the stars, and all thy heart lies open unto me."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson