Music
William Lisle Bowles
1762 to 1850
Track 1
Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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And nought but sorrow's softest touch remains;
Till memory her fairest tints shall bring;
With smiles to think on some delightful dream,
That, when the transitory charm is o'er,
Hope wake with brighter eye, and listening seem
Oh! let me listen to thy songs again;
For when thou leadest all thy soothing strains
Griefs which the patient spirit oft may feel,
Just wakes a tear, and then is felt no more.
In one suspended transport, sad and sweet;
More smooth along, the silent passions meet
O Harmony! thou tenderest nurse of pain,
If that thy note's sweet magic e'er can heal
That waved o'er the charmed sense its gladsome wing!