Euchenor Chorus (From “The City”)
July 5, 2023Amends to Nature
July 5, 2023By the Pool of the Third Rosses
I heard the sighing of the reed
In the grey pool in the green land,
The sea-wind in the long reeds sighing
Between the green hill and the sand.
I heard the sighing of the reeds
Day after day, night after night;
I heard the whirring wild ducks flying,
I saw the sea-gull’s wheeling flight.
I heard the sighing of the reeds
Night after night, day after day,
And I forgot old age, and dying,
And youth that loves, and love’s decay.
I heard the sighing of the reeds
At noontide and at evening,
And some old dream I had forgotten
I seemed to be remembering.
I hear the sighing of the reeds:
Is it in vain, is it in vain
That some old peace I had forgotten
Is crying to come back again?
Arthur Symons
Arthur Symons (1865-1945) was an English poet and critic who was associated with the Symbolist movement. Some of his notable works include "The Songs of the Sphere" (1893), "Days and Nights" (1895), and "Silent Places" (1910).