Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A GERANIUM WHICH FLOWERED DURING THE WINTER WRITTEN IN AUTUMN, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Native of afric's arid lands Last Line: And downy leaves of vernal hue. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): Flowers; Geraniums | ||||||||
Native of Afric's arid lands, Thou, and thy many-tinctur'd bands, Unheeded and unvalued grew, While Caffres crush'd beneath the sands Thy pencill'd flowers of roseate hue. But our cold northern sky beneath, For thee attemper'd zephyrs breathe, And art supplies the tepid dew, That feeds, in many a glowing wreath, Thy lovely flowers of roseate hue. Thy race, that spring uncultur'd here, Decline with the declining year, While in successive beauty new, Thine own light bouquets fresh appear, And marbled leaves of cheerful hue. Now buds and bells of every shade, By Summer's ardent eye survey'd, No more their gorgeous colours shew; And even the lingering asters fade, With drooping heads of purple hue. But naturalized in foreign earth, 'Tis thine, with many a beauteous birth, As if in gratitude they blew, To hang, like blushing trophies forth, Thy pencill'd flowers of roseate hue. Oh then, amidst the wintry gloom, Those flowers shall dress my cottage room, Like friends in adverse fortune true; And soothe me with their roseate bloom, And downy leaves of vernal hue. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GERANIUMS by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RED GERANIUM AND GODLY MIGNONETTE by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE RED GERANIUMS by MARTHA HASKELL CLARK REFLECTION by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH THE GERANIUM by THEODORE ROETHKE SENT WITH A FLOWER POT, BEGGING A SLIP OF GERANIUM by CHRISTIAN MILNE REVERSION by JOHN COWPER POWYS RED GERANIUMS by STEPHEN DOBYNS WILD GERANIUMS by BROOKS HAXTON ELEGIAC SONNET: 2. WRITTEN AT THE CLOSE OF SPRING by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 4. TO THE MOON by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 44. WRITTEN IN THE CHURCH YARD AT MIDDLETON IN SUSSEX by CHARLOTTE SMITH |
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