"An iron hand has stilled the throats That throbbed with loud and rhythmic glee And dammed the flood of silver notes That drenched the world in melody."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Poets from the United StatesJournalists from the United StatesPeople from New JerseyCatholics from the United States
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
To a Blackbird and His Mate Who Died in the Spring
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joyce_Kilmer
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Joyce Kilmer
Alfred Joyce Kilmer (6 December 1886 – 30 July 1918) was an American journalist and poet.
39 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Joyce Kilmer →
Related Quotes
"He is the lord of goodly things That make the poor man's table gay, Yet of his worth no minstrel sings And on his tom…"
"I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet …"
"Yes, God forgives and men forget, And you're forgiven and forgotten. You might be gaily sinning yet And quick and fre…"
"The bugle echoes shrill and sweet, But not of war it sings to-day. The road is rhythmic with the feet Of men-at-arms…"
"Vain is the chiming of forgotten bells That the wind sways above a ruined shrine. Vainer his voice in whom no longer …"
"There is no strange and distant place That is not gladdened by His face. And every nation kneels to hail The Splendou…"
"I have no vision of gods, not of Eros with love-arrows laden, Jupiter thundering death or of Juno his white-breasted …"
"When Dawn strides out to wake a dewy farm Across green fields and yellow hills of hay The little twittering birds lau…"
"Here is a shop of wonderment. From every land has come a prize; Rich spices from the Orient, And fruit that knew Ital…"
"Perhaps he lives and dies unpraised, This trafficker in humble sweets, Because his little shops are raised By thousan…"