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Poem
January 13, 1883
Stephens City Star
Stephens City, Frederick County, Virginia
What is this article about?
A lyrical serenade in which the speaker, as a nightingale, sings to his beloved, the rose, amid twilight, stars, and a murmuring fountain, culminating in a kiss.
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Persian Serenade,
Hark! as the twilight pale
Tenderly glows,
Hark! how the nightingale
Wakes from repose!
Only when, sparkling high,
Stars fill the darkling sky,
Unto the nightingale
Listens the rose.
Here where the fountain-tide
Murmuring flows,
Airs from the mountain-side
Fan thy repose.
Eyes of thine glistening,
Look on me, listening;
I am thy nightingale,
Thou art my rose.
Sweeter the strain he weaves,
Fainter it flows
Now, as her balmy leaves
Blushingly close.
Better than minstrelsy,
Lips that meet kissingly
Silence thy nightingale—
Kiss me, my rose!
—By Bayard Taylor.
Hark! as the twilight pale
Tenderly glows,
Hark! how the nightingale
Wakes from repose!
Only when, sparkling high,
Stars fill the darkling sky,
Unto the nightingale
Listens the rose.
Here where the fountain-tide
Murmuring flows,
Airs from the mountain-side
Fan thy repose.
Eyes of thine glistening,
Look on me, listening;
I am thy nightingale,
Thou art my rose.
Sweeter the strain he weaves,
Fainter it flows
Now, as her balmy leaves
Blushingly close.
Better than minstrelsy,
Lips that meet kissingly
Silence thy nightingale—
Kiss me, my rose!
—By Bayard Taylor.
What sub-type of article is it?
Song
Ode
What themes does it cover?
Love Courtship
Nature Seasons
What keywords are associated?
Persian Serenade
Nightingale Rose
Romantic Serenade
Twilight Garden
Bayard Taylor
What entities or persons were involved?
By Bayard Taylor
Poem Details
Title
Persian Serenade
Author
By Bayard Taylor
Subject
Serenade To The Beloved
Key Lines
I Am Thy Nightingale,
Thou Art My Rose.
Kiss Me, My Rose!