Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EMBRYO, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That grey-green river pouring past Last Line: The swans through air anew. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): England; Landscape; English | ||||||||
THAT grey-green river pouring past, The moorhen and the vole, Though spring was dark above, Will always haunt my soul. Old thorny plum-trees running wild Beside the river donned White bloom -- ah, not too old for love, Though day looked stone beyond. No one yet crossed the muddy plank That bridged the full creek round, Nor on the flood-strewn isle Sought summer's camping-ground; Where, to be sure, a drowned sheep lodged In a black holt of alders, Its poor fleece brown and vile, To shudder young beholders. Surly the day leaned down, its breath Bit; yet through frown and chill This otter's-home, this stream Full-marching to the mill, The claw-like trees, the cryptic gloom Enwombed a joy that drew Through grey-green depths the bream, The swans through air anew. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE GHOSTS IN ENGLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS STAYING UP FOR ENGLAND by LIAM RECTOR STONE AND FLOWER by KENNETH REXROTH THE HANGED MAN by KENNETH REXROTH ENGLISH TRAIN COMPARTMENT by JOHN UPDIKE ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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