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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: LEAVES, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Leaves of the summer, lovely summer's pride Last Line: Holy the silence of your calm retreat. Subject(s): Leaves | |||
Leaves of the summer, lovely summer's pride, Sweet is the shade below your silent tree, Whether in waving copses, where ye hide My roamings, or in fields that let me see The open sky; and whether ye may be Around the low-stemm'd oak, robust and wide; Or taper ash upon the mountain side; Or lowland elm; your shade is sweet to me. Whether ye wave above the early flow'rs In lively green; or whether, rustling sere, Ye fly on playful winds, around my feet, In dying autumn; lovely are your bow'rs, Ye early-dying children of the year; Holy the silence of your calm retreat. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE SHAPE OF LEAVES by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS TWO PICTURES OF A LEAF by MARVIN BELL SO IT'S TODAY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR CONTRA MORTEM: THE LEAVES by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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