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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GOLDEN HOUR, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A beckoning spirit of gladness seemed afloat Last Line: And fall'n my phantom summer? Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Seasons | |||
A BECKONING spirit of gladness seemed afloat, That lightly danced in laughing air before us: The earth was all in tune, and you a note Of Nature's happy chorus. 'Twas like a vernal morn, yet overhead The leafless boughs across the lane were knitting: The ghost of some forgotten Spring, we said, O'er Winter's world comes flitting. Or was it Spring herself, that, gone astray, Across the unsentried frontier chose to tarry? Or just a bold outrider of the May, Or April-emissary? The apparition faded on the air, Capricious and incalculable comer. -- Wilt thou too pass, and leave my chill days bare, And fall'n my phantom Summer? | 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 |
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