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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SPRING SYMPHONY, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR First Line: The touch of the springtime has broken the ice of the pond Last Line: Ere the dream is done Subject(s): Spring; Symphonies; Concerts | |||
Allegro con Moto The touch of the springtime has broken the ice of the pond -- It laughs and it sighs The trees of the bank and the clouds that go sailing beyond See themselves in its eyes. A shimmer of topaz by day and of silver by night It trembles for joy at the touch of the wind and the light. Birds dip their wings there and ripples to melody start. Is it the springtime -- or you -- whose imperious wand Has broken the ice of my heart? Andante Appassionato Through the dark you sought and found me There is no word for us to speak -- Only your arms that close around me, Only your cheek against my cheek, Slowly toward each other turning Sure as the skies turn. Look, there slips A star from heaven -- and now 'tis burning Here, love . . . upon our lips. Scherzo -- Finale, Presto Love me for a lifetime, love me for a day, Little do I care. Light across the meadows laughing comes the May, Spring is in the air. Little lambs like daisies dot the fields with white, The silliest sheep that grazes feels the world's delight. We are two white butterflies on the wind astray, Flying -- who knows where? Skies are blue above us, earth is green below, Golden is the sun -- Golden as the cowslips where in merry flow Little rivers run -- Golden as the beating of wild wings agleam, Golden as our meeting, golden as our dream -- Wild lover, child lover, kiss me now and go, Ere the dream is done | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SYMPHONIC STUDIES (AFTER ROBERT SCHUMANN) by EMMA LAZARUS PAPER ANNIVERSARY by MURIEL RUKEYSER AT A BACH CONCERT by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH THAT GENERAL UTILITY RAG, BY OUR OWN IRVING BERLIN by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS BEETHOVEN by ETHEL TONRY CARPENTER THE WORLD DICTATES by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES A NEW YEAR'S SYMPHONY by MARGARETTE BALL DICKSON SIXTH SYMPHONY by LIDA MARIE ERWIN MUSIC; TO ETHEL BARTLETT AND RAE ROBERTSON (AFTER THEIR CONCERT) by JOHN FREEMAN A LYNMOUTH WIDOW by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |
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