Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ALMOND TREE, by READ BAIN First Line: In the dusk before the dawning Last Line: Be all later life shall save? Subject(s): Almond Trees; Nature; Spring; Trees | ||||||||
IN the dusk before the dawning, In the dark before the day, I saw its aspic awning Spread above the shadow-way, Stood beneath the rich red weaving And the wax-wrought white so gay Blent to purple past believing Made of March instead of May. In the silver sunlight's pressure, In the half-warm noon's embrace, I saw the spring's first treasure Like a shining maiden's face; Million petals halo-gleaming, Lambent links of fairy lace, Round the spring-sprite's bosom streaming Glimpse of glowing girlish grace. Woe! I saw it night enshrouded, Whipt by wind and washt by rain, Light of dawn and noon, beclouded, Joy and youth turned age and pain; Petals flying, ghostly, ghastly, To be trampled down the lane; But the memory looming vastly Shall forever fair remain. Ah, and so shall early blooming Lose all sweetness young life gave? Rainy night-winds darkly dooming Pale pink-whiteness,beauty brave? Youth's fresh hope go glooming, glooming, Scattered scentless in its grave, And ghost-memory, vastly looming, Be all later life shall save? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS THE LIFE OF TREES by DORIANNE LAUX |
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