Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CELEBRATION OF SPRING, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: O list to this spring time's terrible jest! Last Line: Adonis! Adonis! Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
O LIST to this spring time's terrible jest! In savage troops the maidens fair Are rushing along with fluttering hair, And howls of anguish and naked breast: -- Adonis! Adonis! The night falls fast. By torchlight clear They sadly explore each forest track, Which mournful answers is echoing back Of laughter, sobs, sighs, and cries of fear: -- Adonis! Adonis! That youthful figure, so wondrous fair, Now lies on the ground all pale and dead; His blood has dyed each floweret red, And mournful sighs resound through the air: -- Adonis! Adonis! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD |
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