Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CLOTE (WATER-LILY), by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O zummer clote! When the brook's a-gliden Last Line: Thy flow'r afloat, goolden zummer clote! Subject(s): Flowers; Lilies; Summer | ||||||||
O zummer clote! when the brook's a-gliden, So slow an' smooth down his zedgy bed, Upon thy broad leaves so seafe a-riden The water's top wi' thy yollow head, By alder sheades, O, An' bulrush beds, O, Thou then dost float, goolden zummer clote! The grey-bough'd withy's a-leanen lowly Above the water thy leaves do hide; The benden bulrush, a-swayen slowly, Do skirt in zummer thy river's zide; An' perch in shoals, O, Do vill the holes, O, Where thou dost float, goolden zummer clote! Oh! when thy brook-drinken flow'r's a-blowen, The burnen zummer's a-zetten in; The time o' greenness, the time o' mowen, When in the hay-vield, wi' zunburnt skin, The vo'k to drink, O, Upon the brink, O, Where thou dost float, goolden zummer clote! Wi' earms a-spreaden, an' cheaks a-blowen, How proud wer I when I vu'st could zwim Athirt the deep pleace where thou bist growen, Wi' thy long more vrom the bottom dim; While cows, knee-high, O, In brook, wer nigh, O, Where thou dost float, goolden zummer clote! Ov all the brooks drough the meads a-winden, Ov all the meads by a river's brim, There's nwone so feair o' my own heart's vinden As where the maidens do zee thee zwim, An' stan' to teake, O, Wi' long-stemm'd reake, O, Thy flow'r afloat, goolden zummer clote! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ADVANCE OF SUMMER by MARY KINZIE THE SUMMER IMAGE by LEONIE ADAMS CANOEBIAL BLISS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE END OF SUMMER by HENRY MEADE BLAND THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD SONNET: 14. APPROACH OF SUMMER by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL ODE TO THE END OF SUMMER by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY A WINTER NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES |
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