Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINTER, by BERNARD BARTON Poet's Biography First Line: Thou hast thy beauties: sterner ones I own Last Line: Like pale, but lovely ones, seen when we dream. Alternate Author Name(s): Quaker Poet Subject(s): Winter | ||||||||
THOU hast thy beauties: sterner ones, I own, Than those of thy precursors; yet to thee Belong the charms of solemn majesty And naked grandeur. Awful is the tone Of thy tempestuous nights, when clouds are blown By hurrying winds across the troubled sky; Pensive, when softer breezes faintly sigh Through leafless boughs, with ivy overgrown. Thou hast thy decorations too; although Thou art austere: thy studded mantle, gay With icy brilliants, which as proudly glow As erst Golconda's; and thy pure array Of regal ermine, when the drifted snow Envelopes nature; till her features seem Like pale, but lovely ones, seen when we dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOOKING EAST IN THE WINTER by JOHN HOLLANDER WINTER DISTANCES by FANNY HOWE WINTER FORECAST by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN AT WINTER'S EDGE by JUDY JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE BRUCE AND THE SPIDER by BERNARD BARTON |
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