Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 7. ON SUMMER, by THOMAS WARTON THE YOUNGER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While summer suns o'er the gay prospect play'd Last Line: I wished her green attire, and wonted bloom! Subject(s): Seasons | ||||||||
While summer-suns o'er the gay prospect played, Through Surrey's verdant scenes, where Epsom spreads Mid intermingling elms her flowery meads, And Hascombe's hill, in towering groves arrayed, Reared its romantic steep, with mind serene, I journeyed blithe. Full pensive I returned; For now my breast with hopeless passion burned, Wet with hoar mists appeared the gaudy scene, Which late in careless indolence I passed; And autumn all around those hues had cast Where past delight my recent grief might trace. Sad change, that Nature a congenial gloom Should wear, when most, my cheerless mood to chase, I wished her green attire, and wonted bloom! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NO AUTUMN IN MY COUNTRY by MEENA ALEXANDER AFTER TU FU (THEY SAY YOU'RE STAYING IN A MOUNTAIN TEMPLE) by MARVIN BELL HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL SO IT'S TODAY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR CONTRA MORTEM: THE FALL by HAYDEN CARRUTH SONNET: 9. TO THE RIVER LODON by THOMAS WARTON THE YOUNGER ON THE MARIAGE OF THE KING: OF GEORGE, AND PROPERTY by THOMAS WARTON THE YOUNGER RETIREMENT; INSCRIPTION IN A HERMITAGE by THOMAS WARTON THE YOUNGER |
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