Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRAILING ARBUTUS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I wandered lonely where the pine-trees made Last Line: And make the sad earth happier for their bloom. Subject(s): Arbutus; Mayflowers | ||||||||
I WANDERED lonely where the pine-trees made Against the bitter East their barricade, And, guided by its sweet Perfume, I found, within a narrow dell, The trailing spring flower tinted like a shell Amid dry leaves and mosses at my feet. From under dead boughs, for whose loss the pines Moaned ceaseless overhead, the blossoming vines Lifted their glad surprise, While yet the bluebird smoothed in leafless trees His feathers ruffled by the chill seabreeze, And snow-drifts lingered under April skies. As, pausing, o'er the lonely flower I bent, I thought of lives thus lowly, clogged and pent, Which yet find room, Through care and cumber, coldness and decay, To lend a sweetness to the ungenial day, And make the sad earth happier for their bloom. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TRAILING ARBUTUS by HENRY ABBEY ARBUTUS DAYS by JOHN BURROUGHS TRAILING ARBUTUS by JOHN BURROUGHS THE TRAILING ARBUTUS by ROSE TERRY COOKE ARBUTUS AND SPRING by HELEN M. PARSONS THE TRAILING ARBUTUS by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER MAYFLOWERS by FREDERICK GODDARD TUCKERMAN AMY WENTWORTH; FOR WILLIAM BRADFORD by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER AN AUTOGRAPH (1) by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ASTRAEA by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
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