Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A DISTANT SCENE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Still are the cowslips from thy bosom Last Line: Silent, forsaken, dim, shadowed by what hath been. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
STILL are the cowslips from thy bosom springing, O far-off, grassy dell? -- and dost thou see, When southern winds first wake their vernal singing, The star-gleam of the wood anemone? Doth the shy ringdove haunt thee yet? the bee Hang on thy flowers as when I breathed farewell To their wild blooms? and, round my beechen tree, Still, in green softness, doth the moss-bank swell? Oh, strange illusion! by the fond heart wrought, Whose own warm life suffuses nature's face! My being's tide of many-coloured thought Hath passed from thee; and now, rich, leafy place I paint thee oft, scarce consciously, a scene, Silent, forsaken, dim, shadowed by what hath been. | 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 A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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