NOTHING stirs the sunny silence, -- Save the drowsy humming of the bees Round the rich ripe peaches on the wall, And the south-wind sighing in the trees, And the dead leaves rustling as they fall: While the swallows, one by one, are gathering, All impatient to be on the wing, And to wander from us, seeking Their beloved Spring! Cloudless rise the azure heavens! Only vaporous wreaths of snowy white Nestle in the gray hill's rugged side; And the golden woods are bathed in light, Dying, if they must, with kingly pride: While the swallows, in the blue air wheeling, Circle now an eager, fluttering band, Ready to depart and leave us For a brighter land! But a voice is sounding sadly, Telling of a glory that has been; Of a day that faded all too fast: -- See afar through the blue air serene, Where the swallows wing their way at last, And our hearts perchance as sadly wandering. Vainly seeking for a long-lost day, While we watch the far-off swallows, Flee with them away! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLADE AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF FRANCE by FRANCOIS VILLON EPISTLE TO WILLIAM SIMPSON OF OCHILTREE by ROBERT BURNS THE GIRL OF CADIZ by GEORGE GORDON BYRON VITAI LAMPADA by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT TO THE DAISY (2) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE MORAL FABLES: THE MOUSE AND THE PADDOCK by AESOP |