Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S SIMILITUDES, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE First Line: In vernal grove a poplar slim Last Line: Perfection's perfected in thee! Subject(s): Creative Ability; Love; Metaphor; Nature; Trees; Inspiration; Creativity; Similes | ||||||||
IN vernal grove a poplar slim Queening it over every tree, Lithest grace in girth and limb, Slender little sovereign she; A feeble trope, a whilom whim, No poplar is a peer for thee! Through azure air a soft young cloud, Lit with the sun, and floating free: About her all the heavens are bowed To guard and keep caressingly; But nay, my lady Gracious-Proud, How shall a cloud compare with thee? On autumn nights the harvest moon Touching with magic land and sea, And in the hearts of men the tune Of far, forgotten minstrelsy; Though shod with wandering music-shoon, The mellow moon's no match for thee! Sweetheart, no longer I'll essay To seek thy like in cloud or tree That come, and bless, and pass away, Striving forever how to be; For all my guardian-angels say Perfection's perfected in thee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVING YOU IN FLEMISH by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN) by NORMAN DUBIE NOT WRITING POEMS ABOUT CHILDREN by CAROLYN KIZER MAROON BELLS by KENNETH REXROTH THINKING OF A RELATION BETWEEN THE IMAGES OF METHAPHORS by WALLACE STEVENS MY FATHER'S GARDEN by DAVID WAGONER AND AS IN ALICE by MARY JO BANG A RED, RED ROSE by ROBERT BURNS A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE |
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