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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MUSINGS, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Before the falling summer sun Last Line: The summer when our life was fair. Subject(s): Summer | |||
Before the falling summer sun The boughs are shining all as gold, And down below them waters run, As there in former years they roll'd; The poolside wall is glowing hot, The pool is in a dazzling glare, And makes it seem as, ah! 'tis not, A summer when my life was fair. The evening, gliding slowly by, Seems one of those that long have fled; The night comes on to star the sky As then it darken'd round my head. A girl is standing by yon door, As one in happy times was there, And this day seems, but is no more, A day when all my life was fair. We hear from yonder feast the hum Of voices, as in summers past; And hear the beatings of the drum Again come throbbing on the blast. There neighs a horse in yonder plot, As once there neigh'd our petted mare, And summer seems, but ah! is not The summer when our life was fair. | 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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