Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A. E. HOUSMAN, by MARGARET ASH First Line: Your fifty springs and seven more you saw Last Line: Whose soul still lingers here in songs, too few? Subject(s): Cherry Trees; Singing & Singers; Soul; Spring; Songs | ||||||||
Your fifty springs and seven more you saw The blooming of your snow-hung cherry tree, After you sang your "Loveliest of Trees," And singing, gave it immortality. Singer, your songs are servant to our need Who seek our way with heedless, blinded eyes That cannot see till one with winged words Of simple genius, leads where beauty lies. Your tree has bloomed, the team has ploughed the field; The poplars tremble by the brooks you knew; The spring has come -- do you not hear her call, Whose soul still lingers here in songs, too few? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY |
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