Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOPE PREFERRED, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: Say, what is kindlier than snow Last Line: Ere love's first word be spoken. Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Hope; Optimism | ||||||||
Q. -- SAY, what is kindlier than snow, Warming the unborn flowers; Or robin's little minor song In autumn's serest hours; Say, where a gentler, tenderer thing In this harsh world of ours? A. -- To make the best of chill To-day Earth snow of heaven doth borrow; The robin sings of Yesterday, (Sing yesterday, sigh sorrow!); But give me hope's own excellence Glad in her flawless Morrow. The gentle vanishing of snow Ere yet the clod be broken; The songless swallow's level flight, -- Sweet summer's herald token; The quiet greeting of true eyes Ere love's first word be spoken. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON EGOISME A DEUX' by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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