Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OLD VERMONT CELLAR HOLE, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poet's Biography First Line: To wander near a ruined home Last Line: Of lilacs set in roses. Subject(s): Cellars; Vermont; Basements | ||||||||
To wander near a ruined home Upon a summer morning, Informs the mind and charms the eye But gives the heart a warning; For Oh! the sense of human change That such a scene discloses The roses 'round the fallen walls And lilacs 'round the roses. The hands that built the house were strong, The builded house was stronger, The flowers a wifely afterthought But they have lasted longer; We wonder in what grass-grown plot The tenant now reposes, And she, as well, for whom they grew, The lilacs and the roses. Some leaning wrecks of orchard trees Declare that life was pleasant; They lived, as we are living now, Concerned about the present; However dear, another day The dearest day deposes, And aftertime binds up the wounds With lilacs and with roses. Here children played about the door And here delayed the lover, But now not e'en the portal's site A stranger may discover; We hope that no philandering Seth, No false Uriah or Moses, Despoiled this home and only left The lilacs and the roses. The highway once went winding by, But long ago was shifted To follow through the intervale Whereto "the world" had drifted; The robins chirp about no more, A human chapter closes, With just this fragrant finis piece Of lilacs set in roses. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELLAR by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR JOHN MOULDY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ROOT CELLAR by THEODORE ROETHKE A VERMONT 'DONATION' by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT AUCTIONEER by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT BOOTMAKER by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT BREAKFAST by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT BUTTERY by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT CHICKEN BUYER by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY A VERMONT COUNTRY STORE by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY |
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