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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RAINY SUMMER, by ALICE MEYNELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: There's much afoot in heaven and earth this year
Last Line: Wild honey to cold cells.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Rain; Summer
First Line: There's much afoot in heaven and earth this year
Last Line: Wild honey to cold cells.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Rain; Summer
THERE'S much afoot in heaven and earth this year;
The winds hunt up the sun, hunt up the moon,
Trouble the dubious dawn, hasten the drear
Height of a threatening noon.
No breath of boughs, no breath of leaves, of fronds,
May linger or grow warm; the trees are loud;
The forest, rooted, tosses in her bonds,
And strains against the cloud.
No scents may pause within the garden-fold;
The rifled flowers are cold as ocean-shells;
Bees, humming in the storm, carry their cold
Wild honey to cold cells.
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