Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 5. THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A naked house, a naked moor Last Line: Of days and seasons doth suffice. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Home | ||||||||
A NAKED house, a naked moor, A shivering pool before the door, A garden bare of flowers and fruit, And poplars at the garden foot; Such is the place that I live in, Bleak without and bare within. Yet shall your ragged moor's receive The incomparable pomp of eve, And the cold glories of the dawn Behind your shivering trees be drawn; And when the wind from place to place Doth the unmoored cloud galleons chase, Your garden blooms and gleams again With leaping sun and glancing rain; Here shall the wizard moon ascend The heavens in the crimson end Of day's declining splendor; here, The army of the stars appear. The neighbor hollows, dry or wet, Spring shall with tender flowers beset; And oft the morning muser see Larks rising from the broomy lea, And every fairy wheel and thread Of cobweb dew dediamonded. When daisies go, shall winter time Silver the simple grass with rime; Autumnal frosts enchant the pool And make the cart ruts beautiful. And when snow bright the moor expands, How shall your children clap their hands! To make this earth our heritage, A cheerful and a changeful page, God's intricate and bright device Of days and seasons doth suffice. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EL FLORIDA ROOM by RICHARD BLANCO DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN TO THIS HOUSE by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE UPSTAIRS ROOM by WELDON KEES HOME IS SO SAD by PHILIP LARKIN DUTCH INTERIOR by DAVID LEHMAN A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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