|
|
|
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
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
ON THE GREAT ATLANTIC RAINWAY by KENNETH KOCH
ON WORDSWORTH by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE