Elegy To The Memory Of Richard Boyle, Esq. Comments
Rating: ★2.6
NEAR yon bleak mountain's dizzy height,
That hangs o'er AVON's silent wave;
By the pale Crescent's glimm'ring light,
I sought LORENZO's lonely grave.
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I admit it. I do not like every poem penned. Some poems I really cannot abide. Judgmental of me I know, but the sentimentality of this overwhelms any desire to grieve. I have enjoyed several of Robinson's wittier fare and a couple of her epic tales but she would have been better off not writing this. Sorry. This does not mean that others cannot find worth and value in this piece- I hope they may, in fact.
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I admit it. I do not like every poem penned. Some poems I really cannot abide. Judgmental of me I know, but the sentimentality of this overwhelms any desire to grieve. I have enjoyed several of Robinson's wittier fare and a couple of her epic tales but she would have been better off not writing this. Sorry. This does not mean that others cannot find worth and value in this piece- I hope they may, in fact.