Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOST SHADES, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How many times the flow'rs have blown Last Line: You copied in our day of bliss. Subject(s): Loss; Seasons | ||||||||
How many times the flow'rs have blown And died again, from spring to fall, Since shapes of early friends were shown As fair as they among them all. Or since, below the summer light, On banks by daisyheads bespread, Or fields by yarrow dappled white, Their shadows mark'd their comely head. Or fell at evening on the wall, Beside the door; or glided cool, By moonpaled timber-stems, to fall On glitt'ring dew, or shining pool. O sun and moon, that love to mark All earthborn shapes, or quick, or still, The wayfarer, the gliding bark, The highbough'd tree, or lofty hill; In your sweet light, so pale or red, But sad to me, you seem to miss The shape of some all-comely head You copied in our day of bliss. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NO AUTUMN IN MY COUNTRY by MEENA ALEXANDER AFTER TU FU (THEY SAY YOU'RE STAYING IN A MOUNTAIN TEMPLE) by MARVIN BELL HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL SO IT'S TODAY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR CONTRA MORTEM: THE FALL by HAYDEN CARRUTH A WINTER NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES |
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