Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HER YEARS, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Years come and go, each bringing in his train Last Line: And makes her new years old, ere yet begun. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Holidays; New Year; Time | ||||||||
YEARS come and go, each bringing in his train, Spring fair with promise, Summer glad with bloom, Fruit-bearing Autumn, and the Winter's gloom; But years and seasons march for Her in vain, Since still she strings her rosary of pain, Catching from far some subtle, lost perfume, Some scent of roses dying on a tomb, Unfreshened by Spring's dew or Summer's rain. Why change the seasons when She cannot change? For pomp of morn, high noon, or setting sun. What cares she? They are powerless to estrange Her soul from Grief, who, till her day is done, Companions her wherever she may range, And makes her New Years old, ere yet begun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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