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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT MIDSUMMER, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The spacious noon enfolds me with its peace Last Line: Then day, and year, and life whirl on toward death. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Life; Summer | |||
The spacious Noon enfolds me with its peace-- The affluent Midsummer wraps me round-- So still the earth and air, that scarce a sound Affronts the silence, and the swift caprice Of one stray bird's lone call does but increase The sense of some compelling hush profound, Some spell by which the whole vast world is bound. Till star-crowned Night smile downward its release. I sit and dream--midway of the long day-- Midway of the glad year--midway of life-- My whole world seems, indeed, to hold its breath:-- For me the sun stands still upon his way-- The winds for one short hour remit their strife-- Then Day, and Year, and Life whirl on toward Death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ADVANCE OF SUMMER by MARY KINZIE THE SUMMER IMAGE by LEONIE ADAMS CANOEBIAL BLISS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE END OF SUMMER by HENRY MEADE BLAND THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD SONNET: 14. APPROACH OF SUMMER by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL ODE TO THE END OF SUMMER by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON HIC JACET by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON LAUS VENERIS (A PICTURE BY BURNE-JONES) by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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