Every simile is elegy, Resolving in eternal principles. The axioms are natural, the rules Are sentimental. Habit animates The animate, shapely patternings Accumulate, more awkward to shoulder than trees. Though not for fear now, images demure. The lines descend like snow-blind mountaineers. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LULLABY OF A LOVER by GEORGE GASCOIGNE UPON THE DEATH OF MY EVER CONSTANT FRIEND DOCTOR DONNE, DEAN OF PAUL'S by HENRY KING (1592-1669) LUCASIA, ROSANIA, AND ORINDA PARTING AT A FOUNTAIN by KATHERINE PHILIPS TO THE MOON (1) by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY GRECIAN KINDNESS: A SONG by JOHN WILMOT TO CHLOE; AN APOLOGY FOR GOING INTO THE COUNTRY by JOHN WOLCOTT SUMMER'S JOE by PATRICK JOHN MCALISTER ANDERSON THE IMPROVISATORE: ALBERT AND EMILY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |