Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSES TO HER WHO IS JUSTLY ENTITLED TO THEM, by BERNARD BARTON Poet's Biography First Line: In childhood thy kindness has often caress'd me Last Line: Will preserve thy remembrance when sunset is past. Alternate Author Name(s): Quaker Poet Subject(s): Gratitude | ||||||||
IN childhood thy kindness has often caress'd me, Its memory is mix'd with my earliest days; It brighten'd my boyhood, in manhood it bless'd me, It thought not of thanks, and it pin'd not for praise. Can I, in thy evening, forget the mild brightness Which beam'd in thy zenith, and shines round thee still? No: ere I forget thee must memory be sightless, And the heart thou hast cherish'd death only can chill. Long, long since belov'd, now as warmly respected, To my fancy thou seem'st like some time-honour'd tree; And the plant, which thy fostering shadow protected, Still looks up with filial fondness to thee. Dark storms passing over, perhaps may have sear'd thee, The moss of old age be thy livery now; But much still survives which has justly endear'd thee; Some greenness still graces each gentle bent bough. May that sun, which must set, in descending enwreath thee With a mild pensive splendour no cloud can o'ercast; And all that has flourish'd around and beneath thee, Will preserve thy remembrance when sunset is past. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO COUNTRIES by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER AFTER A NOISY NIGHT by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR FOUNTAIN IN AVIGNON by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THANK YOU FOR SAYING THANK YOU by CHARLES BERNSTEIN INVENTORY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE (FOR EDWARD J. WHEELER) by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER BRUCE AND THE SPIDER by BERNARD BARTON |
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