Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STRAWBERRIES, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography First Line: Again the year is at the prime Last Line: On her lips as in the grass. Subject(s): Strawberries | ||||||||
AGAIN the year is at the prime With flush of rose and cuckoo-croon; Care doffs his wrinkled air, and Time Foots to a gamesome tune. So, ho, my lads, an' if you will But follow underneath the hill, It's strawberries! strawberries! You shall feast, and have your fill! The elder clusters promise wine Where dips the path along the lane; The early lowing of the kine Floats in a far refrain; You will forget to dream indeed Of fruit that Georgian loam-lands breed In strawberries! strawberries! That wait for us in Martin's mead. Then haste, before the sun be high, And, haply, catch the morning star; For, ere the cups of dew be dry, The berries sweetest are. And if, perchance, a rustic lass In merriment a-milking pass, It's strawberries! strawberries! On her lips as in the grass. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STRAWBERRY FETE by ELAINE TERRANOVA WILD STRAWBERRIES by HELEN DUNMORE MILLIONS OF STRAWBERRIES by GENEVIEVE TAGGARD NETTED STRAWBERRIES by GORDON BOTTOMLEY MY STRAWBERRY by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON BITTER STRAWBERRIES by SYLVIA PLATH STRAWBERRIES by RICHARD KENDALL MUNKITTRICK STRAWBERRY TIME by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER SUMMER FRUITS by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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