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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADRONO, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Captain of the western wood Last Line: Thou whose charms all art transcend! Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Subject(s): Madrona; Madrono; Madrone | |||
CAPTAIN of the Western wood, Thou that apest Robin Hood! Green above thy scarlet hose, How thy velvet mantle shows! Never tree like thee arrayed, O thou gallant of the glade! When the fervid August sun Scorches all it looks upon, And the balsam of the pine Drips from stem to needle fine, Round thy compact shade arranged, Not a leaf of thee is changed! When the yellow autumn sun Saddens all it looks upon, Spreads its sackcloth on the hills, Strews its ashes in the rills, Thou thy scarlet hose dost doff, And in limbs of purest buff Challengest the sombre glade For a sylvan masquerade. Where, oh, where, shall he begin Who would paint thee, Harlequin? With thy waxen burnished leaf, With thy branches' red relief, With thy polytinted fruit, -- In thy spring or autumn suit, -- Where begin, and, oh, where end, Thou whose charms all art transcend! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A NEWPORT ROMANCE by FRANCIS BRET HARTE A SECOND REVIEW OF THE GRAND ARMY [MAY 24, 1865] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE AN ARCTIC VISION [JUNE 20, 1867] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD [JUNE 23, 1780] by FRANCIS BRET HARTE CHIQUITA by FRANCIS BRET HARTE CROTALUS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE DICKENS IN CAMP by FRANCIS BRET HARTE |
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