Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN AUGUST EVENING, 1865, by CAROLINE CLIVE First Line: The lightest air that ever flew Last Line: As from the swallow and the feather. Alternate Author Name(s): V; Meysey-wigley, Caroline | ||||||||
THE lightest air that ever flew Unheard across the summer's blue, The lightest burthen bore on high, That e'er went wingless through the sky. It was a downy feather, shed From some bird's breast while past it fled; A swallow darting on its way, With others and itself at play, Caught in mid air the floating guest, And bore it off to help her nest. That's all, there's nothing more, no moral; But, reader, not for that we'll quarrel. 'Twas something charming to the eye, I cannot tell the how or why; But Nature is so lovely fair, That every hour and every where, The soul some pleasantness can gather, As from the swallow and the feather. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT LLYNCWMSTRAETHY by CAROLINE CLIVE AUGUST, 1865 by CAROLINE CLIVE BEATEN TO DEATH by CAROLINE CLIVE EPITAPH FOR A YOUNG LADY by CAROLINE CLIVE FRIENDS OF YOUTH by CAROLINE CLIVE FRONTISPIECE OF AN ALBUM by CAROLINE CLIVE |
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