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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APPLE-BLOSSOM, by MATHILDE BLIND Poet's Biography First Line: Blossom of the apple trees Last Line: Swift as joy to come and go. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Apple Trees | |||
BLOSSOM of the apple trees! Mossy trunks all gnarled and hoary, Grey boughs tipped with rose-veined glory, Clustered petals soft as fleece Garlanding old apple trees! How you gleam at break of day! When the coy sun, glancing rarely, Pouts and sparkles in the pearly Pendulous dewdrops, twinkling gay On each dancing leaf and spray. Through your latticed boughs on high, Framed in rosy wreaths, one catches Brief kaleidoscopic snatches Of deep lapis-lazuli In the April-coloured sky. When the sundown's dying brand Leaves your beauty to the tender Magic spells of moonlight splendour, Glimmering clouds of bloom you stand, Turning earth to fairyland. Cease, wild winds, O, cease to blow! Apple-blossom, fluttering, flying, Palely on the green turf lying, Vanishing like winter snow; Swift as joy to come and go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: CONRAD SIEVER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE by DAVID WAGONER THE APPLE TREE by WENDELL BERRY THE GOLD HESPERIDEE by ROBERT FROST THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE TREE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT MOONLIT APPLES by JOHN DRINKWATER AFTER APPLE PICKING by ROBERT FROST OLD APPLE TREES by WILLIAM DEWITT SNODGRASS |
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