Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EAGER SPRING, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY Poet's Biography First Line: Whirl, snow, on the blackbird's chatter Last Line: To save for us one more spring. Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
WHIRL, snow, on the blackbird's chatter; You will not hinder his song to come. East wind, Sleepless, you cannot scatter Quince-bud, almond-bud, Little grape-hyacinth's Clustering brood, Nor unfurl the tips of the plum. No half born stalk of a lily stops; There is sap in the storm-torn bush; And, ruffled by gusts in a snow-blurred copse, "Pity to wait" sings a thrush. Love, there are few Springs left for us; They go, and the count of them as they go Makes surer the count that is left for us. More than the East wind, more than the snow, I would put back these hours that bring Buds and bees and are lost; I would hold the night and the frost, To save for us one more Spring. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD |
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