Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ORCHARD, by HORACE HOLLEY First Line: I stood within an orchard during rain Last Line: Have been a moment's friend to all alive. Variant Title(s): In A Garden Subject(s): Orchards; Rain | ||||||||
I stood within an orchard during rain Uncovering to the drops my aching brow: O joyous fancy, to imagine now I slip, with trees and clouds, the social chain, Alone with nature, naught to lose or gain Nor even to become; no, just to be A moment's personal essence, wholly free From needs that mold the heart to forms of pain. Arise, I cried, and celebrate the hour! Acclaim serener gladness; if it fail, New courage, nobler vision, will survive That I have known my kinship to the flower, My brotherhood with rain, and in this vale Have been a moment's friend to all alive. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DISTANT RAINFALL by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 32 by JAMES JOYCE HEAVY SUMMER RAIN by JANE KENYON CROWD CORRALLING by MARGARET AVISON THE RAIN-POOL by KARLE WILSON BAKER ON THE GREAT ATLANTIC RAINWAY by KENNETH KOCH THE AIM WAS SONG by ROBERT FROST INVITES POETS AND HISTORIANS TO WRITE IN CYNTHIA'S PRAISE by PHILIP AYRES |
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