Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ELLEN, AT THE SOUTH, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The green grass is bowing Last Line: Sings a tune that's worth the knowing.' Variant Title(s): The Wind In The Grass | ||||||||
The green grass is bowing, The morning wind is in it; 'Tis a tune worth thy knowing, Though it change every minute. 'Tis a tune of the spring; Every year plays it over To the robin on the wing, And to the pausing lover. O'er ten thousand, thousand acres, Goes light the nimble zephyr; The Flowers -- tiny sect of Shakers -- Worship him ever. Hark to the winning sound! They summon thee, dearest, -- Saying, 'We have dressed for thee the ground, Nor yet thou appearest. 'O hasten; 'tis our time, Ere yet the red Summer Scorch our delicate prime, Loved of bee, -- the tawny hummer. 'O pride of thy race! Sad, in sooth, it were to ours, If our brief tribe miss thy face, We poor New England flowers. 'Fairest, choose the fairest members Of our lithe society; June's glories and September's Show our love and piety. 'Thou shalt command us all, -- April's cowslip, summer's clover, To the gentian in the fall, Blue-eyed pet of blue-eyed lover. 'O come, then, quickly come! We are budding, we are blowing; And the wind that we perfume Sings a tune that's worth the knowing.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOSTON HYMN; READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY 1, 1863 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON CONCORD HYMN; SUNG AT COMPLETION OF CONCORD MONUMENT, 1836 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON DIRGE (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EACH AND [OR, IN] ALL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EROS (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON FABLE: THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON |
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