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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 28, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: O nature, lovely charmer, gentle bride!
Last Line: Until in dreamy tracts of blue they die.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Nature
First Line: O nature, lovely charmer, gentle bride!
Last Line: Until in dreamy tracts of blue they die.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Nature
O Nature, lovely charmer, gentle bride!
Thy golden days draw to a tragic end!
The encroaching millions whelm thee like a tide—
A desecration and a doom impend
Where sylvan vales now fold on fold extend
In widening prospect 'neath the unsullied sky
Until in dreamy tracts of blue they die.
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