A LONELY way, and as I went my eyes Could not unfasten from the Spring's sweet things, Lush-sprouted grass, and all that climbs and clings In loose, deep hedges, where the primrose lies In her own fairness, buried blooms surprise The plunderer bee and stop his murmurings, And the glad flutter of a finch's wings Outstartle small blue-speckled butterflies. Blissfully did one speedwell plot beguile My whole heart long; I lov'd each separate flower, Kneeling. I look'd up suddenly -- Dear God! There stretch'd the shining plain for many a mile, The mountains rose with what invincible power! And how the sky was fathomless and broad! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WINTER TWILIGHT by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE A CROWNED POET by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH IN REMEMBRANCE by ADRA CAROLINE BATCHELDER PSALM 29. AFFERTE DOMINO by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE BABEL FALLS by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH THE REAR GUARD by IRENE FOWLER BROWN A CHILD OF TODAY by JAMES BUCKHAM |