Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNETS WRITTEN TO BOUTS-RIMES: 7, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

SONNETS WRITTEN TO BOUTS-RIMES: 7, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: And is this august weather? Nay, not so
Last Line: Cheer up there can be nothing worse to mind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): August; Rain; Weather


And is this August weather? nay not so
With the long rain the cornfield waxeth dark.
How the cold rain comes pouring down & hark
To the chill wind whose measured pace & slow
Seems still to linger being loth to go.
I cannot stand beside the sea and mark
Its grandeur; it's too wet for that: no lark
In this drear season cares to sing or show.
And since its name is August all men find
Fire not allowable; Winter foregone
Had more of sunlight & of glad warmth more
I shall be fain to run upon the shore
And mark the rain. Hath the sun ever shone
Cheer up there can be nothing worse to mind.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net