Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPRING, by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN Poet's Biography First Line: First came the rain, loud, with sonorous lips Last Line: Who, with blue eyes, set the wild world on fire. Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
FIRST came the rain, loud, with sonorous lips; A pursuivant who heralded a prince: And dawn put on her livery of tints, And dusk bound gold about her hair and hips: And, all in silver mail, the sunlight came, A knight, who bade the winter let him pass; And freed imprisoned beauty, naked as The Court of Love, in all her wildflower shame. And so she came, in breeze-borne loveliness, Across the hills; and heaven bent down to bless: Above her head the birds were as a lyre; And at her feet, like some strong worshipper, The shouting water paeaned praise of her Who, with blue eyes, set the wild world on fire. | 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 KU KLUX by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN |
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