Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MYSTERY, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Why should a fir-tree stark against the sky Last Line: A mystery. Subject(s): Happiness; Pain; Rain; Snow; Tears; Joy; Delight; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
WHY should a fir-tree stark against the sky Arouse old thoughts and times of long ago; Yea, blind with tears a careless passing eye That chancewise looks for signs of rain or snow? I do not know. I only feel that any joy or pain May live afresh in any sight I see, By field or nook, by path or windy plain. And so the world a wonder is to me, A mystery. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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