Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHADOWS, by JOHN CLARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The fairest summer hath its sudden showers Last Line: O'er ancient ruins, palaces, and graves. Subject(s): Hope; Optimism | ||||||||
The fairest summer hath its sudden showers; The clearest sky is never without clouds; And in the painted meadow's host of flowers Some lurking weed a poisonous death enshrouds. Sweet days, that upon golden sunshine spring, A gloomy night in mourning waits to stain; The honey-bees are girt with sharpest sting, And sweetest joys oft breed severest pain. While like to autumn's storms, sudden and brief, Mirth's parted lips oft close in silent grief, Amid this checkered life's disastrous state, Still Hope lives green amid the desolate; As Nature, in her happy livery, waves O'er ancient ruins, palaces, and graves. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON |
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