Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET: EARTH ODORS - AFTER RAIN, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE


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First Line: Life-yielding fragrance of our mother earth!
Last Line: What balm shall fall from yonder ominous cloud!
Subject(s): Smells; Odors; Aromas; Fragrances


LIFE-YIELDING fragrance of our mother earth!
Benignant breath exhaled from summer showers! --
All Nature dimples into smiles of flowers,
From unclosed woodland, to trim garden girth; --
These perfumes softening the harsh soul of dearth,
Are older than old Shinar's arrogant towers, --
And touched with visions of rain-freshened hours,
On Syrian hill-slopes 'ere the patriarch's birth!
Nay! the charmed fancy plays a subtler part! --
Lo! banished Adam, his large, wondering eyes
Fixed on the trouble of the first dark cloud!
Lo! tremulous Eve, -- a pace behind, how bowed, --
Not dreaming, 'midst her painful pants of heart,
What balm shall fall from yonder ominous cloud!





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