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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUMMER RAIN, by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thick lay the dust, uncomfortably white Last Line: Joy filled the brook, and comfort cheered the field. Alternate Author Name(s): Coleridge, Hartley Subject(s): Nature; Rain | |||
THICK lay the dust, uncomfortably white, In glaring mimicry of Arab sand. The woods and mountains slept in hazy light; The meadows looked athirst and tawny tanned; The little rills had left their channels bare, With scarce a pool to witness what they were; And the shrunk river gleamed 'mid oozy stones, That stared like any famished giant's bones. Sudden the hills grew black, and hot as stove The air beneath; it was a toil to be. There was a growling as of angry Jove, Provoked by Juno's prying jealousy -- A flash -- a crash -- the firmament was split, And down it came in drops -- the smallest fit To drown a bee in fox-glove bell concealed; Joy filled the brook, and comfort cheered the field. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DISTANT RAINFALL by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 32 by JAMES JOYCE HEAVY SUMMER RAIN by JANE KENYON CROWD CORRALLING by MARGARET AVISON THE RAIN-POOL by KARLE WILSON BAKER |
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