Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EARLY PRIMROSE, by HENRY KIRKE WHITE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Mild offspring of a dark and sullen sire! Last Line: Serene the ills of life. Variant Title(s): To An Early Primrose Subject(s): Flowers; Primroses | ||||||||
MILD offspring of a dark and sullen sire, Whose modest form, so delicately fine, Was nursed in whirling storms And cradled in the winds; Thee, when young Spring first questioned Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To mark his victory. In this low vale the promise of the year, Serene, thou openest to the nipping gale, Unnoticed and alone, Thy tender elegance. So virtue blooms, brought forth amid the storms Of chill adversity; in some lone walk Of life she rears her heard, Obscure and unobserved; While every bleaching breeze that on her blows Chastens her spotless purity of breast, And hardens her to bear Serene the ills of life. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING PRIMROSE by JOHN CLARE THE PRIMROSE by ROBERT HERRICK TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW by ROBERT HERRICK LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 6. SPRING by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM TO A PRIMROSE by EDNA S. CODDINGTON TO A TEXAS PRIMROSE by OLIVE TILFORD DARGAN HOW PRIMROSES CAME GREEN by ROBERT HERRICK THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM by HENRY KIRKE WHITE |
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