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Poem
September 8, 1913
The Richmond Palladium And Sun Telegram
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
What is this article about?
In 'Unsung,' Thomas Bailey Aldrich portrays a haunting, nature-inspired song that visits the speaker in dreams with wild sweetness but vanishes upon waking, stirring deep emotion and longing to one day sing it.
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UNSUNG.
As sweet as the breath that goes
From the lips of the blown rose,
As weird as the elfin lights
That glimmer of frosty nights,
As wild as the winds that tear
The curled red leaf in the air,
Is the song I have never sung.
In slumber. a hundred times
I have said the mystic rhymes,
But ere I open my eyes
Of the interfluent strains
Not even a note remains:
I know by my pulses' beat
I was something wild and sweet,
And my heart is deeply stirred
By an unremembered word!
I strive. but I strive in vain.
To recall the lost refrain.
On some miraculous day
Perhaps it will come and stay;
In some unimagined spring
I may find my voice and sing
The song I have never sung
-Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
As sweet as the breath that goes
From the lips of the blown rose,
As weird as the elfin lights
That glimmer of frosty nights,
As wild as the winds that tear
The curled red leaf in the air,
Is the song I have never sung.
In slumber. a hundred times
I have said the mystic rhymes,
But ere I open my eyes
Of the interfluent strains
Not even a note remains:
I know by my pulses' beat
I was something wild and sweet,
And my heart is deeply stirred
By an unremembered word!
I strive. but I strive in vain.
To recall the lost refrain.
On some miraculous day
Perhaps it will come and stay;
In some unimagined spring
I may find my voice and sing
The song I have never sung
-Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
What sub-type of article is it?
Lyric
What themes does it cover?
Nature Seasons
What keywords are associated?
Unsung Song
Dream Rhymes
Nature Similes
Artistic Longing
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
What entities or persons were involved?
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Poem Details
Title
Unsung.
Author
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Form / Style
Rhymed Stanzas
Key Lines
As Sweet As The Breath That Goes
From The Lips Of The Blown Rose,
Is The Song I Have Never Sung.
In Slumber. A Hundred Times
I Have Said The Mystic Rhymes,
I Know By My Pulses' Beat
I Was Something Wild And Sweet,
The Song I Have Never Sung