Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AIR AN' LIGHT, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! Look an' zee how widely free Last Line: Do miss a zight he cannot show. Subject(s): Air; Life; Light; Morning | ||||||||
Ah! look an' zee how widely free To all the land the win' do goo; If here a tree do swaÿ, a tree On yon'er hill's a-swaÿen too. How wide the light do bring to zight The pleäce an' liven feäce o' man; How vur the stream do run vor lip To drink, or hand to sink and dip! But oone mid be a-smote wi' woe That middèn pass, in wider flight, To other souls, a-droopèn low, An' hush'd like birds at vall o' night. But zome be sad wi' others glad; In turn we all mid murn our lot, An' many a day that have a-broke Oone heart is jaÿ to other vo'k. The mornèn zun do cast abroad His light on drops o' dewy wet, An' down below his noontide road The streams do gleäre below his het; His evenèn light do sparkle bright Across the quiv'rèn gossamer; But I, though fair he still mid glow, Do miss a zight he cannot show. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MORNING SONG by KARLE WILSON BAKER THE WHARF ON THAMES-SIDE: WINTER DAWN by LAURENCE BINYON POEM BEFORE BREAKFAST by TED KOOSER I'VE BEEN ASLEEP by PHILIP LEVINE SPRNG DAY: BREAKFAST TABLE by AMY LOWELL THE WAYSIDE STATION by EDWIN MUIR A WINTER NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES |
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