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ON AN AUTUMN SKETCH OF H.G. WILD by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: THANKS TO THE ARTIST, EVER ON MY WALL
Last Line: EVEN WITH A CLOUD WHOSE LIGHT WERE YET TO LOSE!
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP; PORTRAITS;

THANKS to the artist, ever on my wall
The sunset stays: that hill in glory rolled,
Those trees and clouds in crimson and in gold,
Burn on, nor cool when evening's shadows fall.
Not round @3these@1 splendors Midnight wraps her pall;
@3These@1 leaves the flush of Autumn's vintage hold
In Winter's spite, nor can the Northwind bold
Deface my chapel's western window small:
On one, ah me! October struck his frost,
But not repaid him with those Tyrian hues;
His naked boughs but tell him what is lost,
And parting comforts of the sun refuse:
His heaven is bare, — ah, were its hollow crost
Even with a cloud whose light were yet to lose!



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