One stanza of this poem counters "fast-fading violets covered up in leaves" with "the murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.
One stanza of this poem counters "fast-fading violets covered up in leaves" with "the murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves." This poem describes the "Queen-Moon" in one of its stanzas, which opens with a contrast between "Bacchus and his pards" and "the viewless wings of Poesy." This poem's speaker describes the "sad heart of Ruth," who "stood in tears amid the alien corn." Its speaker calls this poem's title creature "soft names in many a musèd rhyme" and "light-wingèd Dryad of the trees" and notes that he feels as if he'd taken "hemlock" or "some dull opiate," as his "heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains." For 10 points, name this poem about an "immortal bird" that "wast not born for death," a work of John Keats.
One stanza of this poem counters "fast-fading violets covered up in leaves" with "the murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.
“Ode to a Nightingale”