Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VICISSITUDE, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE


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VICISSITUDE, by                    
First Line: O blithe and bonny! When woods are green
Last Line: Unto no earthly spring!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Forests; Love - Nature Of; Spring; Woods


O BLITHE and bonny! when woods are green,
And winds breathe soft and low,
To sit beneath the budding Thorn,
With lilting hearts aglow.

Thus, in the morning of our life,
We sing of Hope and Love,
With quest and chivalry before
And halcyon skies above.

But when the woods are sere and brown,
The land in furrows laid,
How soon the Spring-tide is forgot!
How soon the Hawthorn shade!

So, in the evening of our days,
When the light dies down within,
We reck not of the wild, wild rose
And the lanes we loiter'd in!

We wander in a world distraught
And ban the biting East,
Forgetful that the sap will rise
To spread a richer feast.

Ah, but the feast is not the same!
Those half-averted eyes
Will fill with tears of vain regret
As other Springs arise.

The Autumn now holds more of Hope,—
Hope at her heart doth sing,—
Our eyes once more are forward bent
Unto no earthly Spring!





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