|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WREATH, by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND Poet's Biography
First Line: A child through sunny meadows strolled
Last Line: Both fruit and flowers it bore!
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Grief; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: A child through sunny meadows strolled
Last Line: Both fruit and flowers it bore!
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Grief; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
A CHILD through sunny meadows strolled,
And plucked the blossoms there;
A lady from the forest came—
A lady wondrous fair.
She wove a garland for the child,
And twined it on her brow;
"O wear it ever, it will bloom,
Although it blooms not now."
Years fled, and when the maiden walked
Sadly, the moon beneath,
Weeping her earliest tears, there came
A blossom on the wreath.
And when within her lover's arms
A happy bride she stood,
How sweet and precious was the flower
That burst the opening bud!
Soon with a mother's fearful joy,
She clasped a gentle child,
And through the garland's leafy sheen
Much golden fruit there smiled.
Alas! her love went sadly down,
Lost in the cold, dark grave;
Now wild in her dishevelled hair
The leaves of autumn wave.
She died—yet still, on her pale brow,
The faithful garland wore,
When, wonderful to see, behold,
Both fruit and flowers it bore!
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD
AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER
WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN
CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE
DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS
THE CASTLE BY THE SEA by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND