Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APPLE-GATHERING, by MATHILDE BLIND Poet's Biography First Line: Essex flats are pink with clover Last Line: On the red-lit christmas-tree. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Apples; Fruit | ||||||||
ESSEX flats are pink with clover, Kent is crowned with flaunting hops, Whitely shine the cliffs of Dover, Yellow wave the Midland crops; Sussex Downs the flocks grow sleek on, But, for me, I love to stand Where the Herefordshire beacon Watches o'er his orchard land. Where now sun, now shadow dapples -- As it wavers in the breeze -- Clumps of fresh-complexioned apples On the heavy-laden trees: Red and yellow, streaked and hoary, Russet-coated, pale or brown -- Some are dipped in sunset glory, And some painted by the dawn. What profusion, what abundance! Not a twig but has its fruits; High in air some in the sun dance, Some lie scattered near the roots. These the hasty winds have taken Are a green, untimely crop; Those by burly rustics shaken Fall with loud resounding plop. In this mellow autumn weather, Ruddy 'mid the long green grass, Heaped-up baskets stand together, Filled by many a blowsy lass. Red and yellow, streaked and hoary, Pile them on the granary floors, Till the yule-log's flame in glory Loudly up the chimney roars; Till gay troops of children, lightly Tripping in with shouts of glee, See ripe apples dangling brightly On the red-lit Christmas-tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CROSSED APPLE by LOUISE BOGAN TO MY CLASS: ON CERTAIN FRUITS AND FLOWERS SENT ... SICKNESS by SIDNEY LANIER APPLES OF HESPERIDES by AMY LOWELL THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE HUMAN, AVIAN, VEGETABLE, BLOOD by KENNETH REXROTH |
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