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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VILLAGE WELL, by ALEXANDER BROWN Poet's Biography First Line: Where summer basks on gowany braes / and whins in bloom are gay Last Line: Around the village well. Subject(s): Wells | |||
WHERE summer basks on gowany braes, And whins in bloom are gay; Where labour rests at golden eve, And rosy children play; How sweet to hear, when evening's glow Is fading in the dell, The lisping murmur of the spring, That fills the village well. Sweet spring, the village dames by thee Recount each homely care; The comely maiden looks in thee, And sees that she is fair. There bashful lad and modest lass The tender tale will tell, When gloaming gathers o'er the braes Around the village well. But gossips say, the blooming maids Who bear the milking pail Have found in thee a faithful friend, Whose bounty does not fail: That by thy help, when times are hard, Their little gains they swell; It is no unrequited love They give the village well. The parched lip of honest toil Finds solace in thy stream, And those who wander love to rest Beside thy rippling gleam. Long many kindly thoughts of thee In simple hearts will dwell, For only gentle memories cling Around the village well. Long be the braes with gowans bright, The whins with blossom gay; Long, village sons thy memory keep, Though far from thee they stray: And long by thee may peaceful age With kindling glances tell Of boyhood's days and boyhood's ways Around the village well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ABBA JACOB IN THE WELL by MARILYN NELSON ONCE MORE BREVITY by ROBERT FROST PERSONAL HELICON; FOR MICHAEL LONGLEY by SEAMUS HEANEY THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE by ROBERT SOUTHEY VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE SUDDEN DRYING UP..ST.PATRICK'S WELL by JONATHAN SWIFT |
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