Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOONLIGHT IN SUMMER, by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Low on the utmost boundary of the sight Last Line: High o'er his home and all his little woes. Subject(s): Summer | ||||||||
LOW on the utmost boundary of the sight, The rising vapors catch the silver light; Thence fancy measures, as they parting fly, Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they. For yet above these wafted clouds are seen (In a remoter sky still more serene) Others, detached in ranges through the air, Spotless as snow, and countless as they 're fair; Scattered immensely wide from east to west, The beauteous semblance of a flock at rest. These, to the raptured mind, aloud proclaim Their mighty Shepherd's everlasting name; And thus the loiterer's utmost stretch of soul Climbs the still clouds, or passes those that roll, And loosed imagination soaring goes High o'er his home and all his little woes. | 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 ADDRESS TO HIS NATIVE VALE by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD |
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