Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRAILING ARBUTUS, by ROSE TERRY COOKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Darlings of the forest! Last Line: And live in the dear woods where my lost childhood played. Subject(s): Arbutus; Flowers; Mayflowers | ||||||||
DARLINGS of the forest! Blossoming, alone, When Earth's grief is sorest For her jewels gone -- Ere the last snow-drift melts, your tender buds have blown. Tinged with color faintly, Like the morning sky, Or, more pale and saintly, Wrapped in leaves ye lie -- Even as children sleep in faith's simplicity. There the wild wood-robin, Hymns your solitude; And the rain comes sobbing Through the budding wood, While the low south wind sighs, but dare not be more rude. Were your pure lips fashioned Out of air and dew, Starlight unimpassioned, Dawn's most tender hue, And scented by the woods that gathered sweets for you? Fairest and most lonely, From the world apart; Made for beauty only, Veiled from Nature's heart With such unconscious grace as makes the dream of Art! Were not mortal sorrow An immortal shade, Then would I to-morrow Such a flower be made, And live in the dear woods where my lost childhood played. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TRAILING ARBUTUS by HENRY ABBEY ARBUTUS DAYS by JOHN BURROUGHS TRAILING ARBUTUS by JOHN BURROUGHS ARBUTUS AND SPRING by HELEN M. PARSONS THE TRAILING ARBUTUS by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER MAYFLOWERS by FREDERICK GODDARD TUCKERMAN THE TRAILING ARBUTUS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER BLUEBEARD'S CLOSET by ROSE TERRY COOKE |
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