Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUTUMN WEATHER, by KATHARINE LEE BATES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Had I a flute made out of the heart Last Line: Of a seven-year cherry tree! Subject(s): Autumn; Flutes; Seasons; Fall | ||||||||
Had I a flute made out of the heart Of a seven-year cherry tree, How blithely would I bear my part In the day's wild minstrelsy; A world all glitter, whistle and twitter, Whir of a rising quail, Rustling edges of saffron sedges, Flirt of a squirrel tail, Robin conventions in meadows of gentians, Debating the hour to fly, While the birch, a goddess in silver bodice, Waves them a gay goodbye! I love the laughter that follows after Knowledge of life's keen cost, As I love the swirling of leaves unfurling New colors to flout the frost, Leaves worn meagre but swift and eager As the merry winds pipe them on To their last cotillion in frocks vermillion, Amber and cinnamon; As I love the valor of flowers whose pallor Carries a fragrance yet, On whose crisping petals the moth still settles For a passing pirouette. O trumpet-blowing of gales, O glowing Of maples and oaks that shine Flame on the altar, gold on the psalter, Till the earth is so divine That the acorns falling are rosaries calling The faith of the woods to burn, And mid poplar candles God walks in sandals Embroidered with bronze of fern! How blithely would I bear my part In anthem and litany, Had I a flute made out of the heart Of a seven-year cherry tree! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR AUTUMN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN AN AUTUMN JOY by GEORGE ARNOLD A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A LETTER IN OCTOBER by TED KOOSER AUTUMN EVENING by DAVID LEHMAN EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE FIRST VOYAGE OF JOHN CABOT [1497] by KATHARINE LEE BATES |
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