Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by HELENE BUHLERT BULLOCK First Line: It lies all fair about me Last Line: My black garment showeth. Subject(s): Wellesley College | ||||||||
IT lies all fair about me, The color of the spring; It flashes clear above me In the scarlet of a wing. It flames in the cowslips' yellow, It pales in the wind-flower's flush; Burns keen in the tulip-borders, Fades brown in the coat of the thrush. Alone amid the young world's joy My young sorrow goeth. Dark against the apple-blows My black garment showeth. It spreads all gay about me, The Summer's show of flowers. They have more lovely colors Than an August day hath hours; Proud marigolds in orange, Tall larkspur in burning blues; Poppies and wall-flowers and pansies, -- Which flower, -- which flower to choose! Alone amid the bright world's joy My young sorrow goeth. Dark among the garden-rows My black garment showeth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES WRITTEN TO A TRANSLATOR OF GREEK POETRY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON THE LESSER BEAUTY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON WORK by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON IN MEMORY: MISS JEWETT by GRACE ALLERTON ANDREWS HERE ENTER NOT by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON I CLEANED MY HOUSE TODAY by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON MY GARDEN by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON AN OLD MAN'S SONG by HELENE BUHLERT BULLOCK |
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