The muffled sobbing of a storm-scourged sea; The heartache of a lonely hemlock tree; The anthems that the stars of morning sing; A brook's thanksgiving when is born the Spring; The laughter of young birch leaves, drenched with dew; The rapture creeping meadow grasses through; The challenge of the pennons of the corn; A thrush's welcome to the rosy morn; The matin chime of bluebells softly rung; The elm's Magnificat when June is young; The salutation of wind-wakened grain; The benediction of midsummer rain; The drowsy plaint drifting through August noons; The call of nightingales to August moons; The soft lament of withered walnut leaves; The memories of garnered barley sheaves; The song the heart sings when its lord is come; The thoughts whose exaltation strikes lips dumb; A soul's mute answer to a soul's mute call; The longings that are prayers — it voices all! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITHALAMION MADE AT LINCOLNES INNE by JOHN DONNE COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES RAIN by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE SUDDEN DRYING UP..ST.PATRICK'S WELL by JONATHAN SWIFT THE POET'S SOLILOQUY by E. M. AVERILL MOTHER AND CHILD (WAR VICTIMS) by EVELYN D. BANGAY |