Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CRADLE SONG, by MARIANNA GRISWOLD VAN RENSSELAER Poet Analysis First Line: How do we know / how the seasons go Last Line: And my arms are as warm as the mother-bird's breast. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Schuyler | ||||||||
How do we know How the seasons go? By white of the blossoms and white of the snow, By yellow of wheat And the hurrying beat On yellowing boughs of the rain-storm's feet. What is so bright In the midmost night? The moon with her banner of glittering light; And when she goes by, In the dark-blue sky, A million and one, the stars climb high. What of the rose When the night wind blows? She dreams little poems that nobody knows, And into the ear Of the lily-bud near She sings little melodies no one can hear. Slumber, my love, To the coo of the dove And the croon of the breeze in the branches above; Sleep till the sun His sleeping has done, And the stars run away from him one after one. Long not to be With the birds in the tree To swing with the wind--it is safer with me; Slumber is best In the nursery nest, And my arms are as warm as the mother-bird's breast. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN LOWER NEW YORK by MARIANNA GRISWOLD VAN RENSSELAER OF A BEAUTIFUL POEM (THREE VOICES) by MARIANNA GRISWOLD VAN RENSSELAER ODE: THE MEDITERRANEAN by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE OLD ENEMY by SARA TEASDALE THE HABIT OF PERFECTION by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 109 by PETRARCH THE DISCOVERY; SONNET by JOHN COLLINGS SQUIRE UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 5. THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON CLEOPATRA by WILLIAM WETMORE STORY PROLOGUE TO DRAMA ..... ANNIVERSARY OF CARRS' MARRIAGE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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