Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT A WINDOW, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Just a flower on the window-sill Last Line: Of souls aglow with the heavenly fire? Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Summer | ||||||||
JUST a flower on the window-sill, That a kindly visitor's hand has brought, And the lame boy, sitting there patient and still, Tastes the summer with beauty fraught, And greets the June and its roses at will, And gathers a blossom with every thought. Just a bird, with its bright, quick eye Glancing in at the window there, Dropping a note of song from the sky, And off, swift-winged, on the summer air; But a thousand singers with him go by. And sing, and the boy is well aware. If the summer comes with a single rose, And in one bird's note sings the summer choir, And the whole bright world around him glows At the summoning breath of a boy's desire, Shall we wait for reasons, and ask, "Who knows?" Of souls aglow with the heavenly fire? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ADVANCE OF SUMMER by MARY KINZIE THE SUMMER IMAGE by LEONIE ADAMS CANOEBIAL BLISS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE END OF SUMMER by HENRY MEADE BLAND THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD SONNET: 14. APPROACH OF SUMMER by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL ODE TO THE END OF SUMMER by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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