Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MENDHAM, by ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE Poet's Biography First Line: I know--I know Last Line: And the hedges are all in bud. Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The | ||||||||
I know -- I know Where the green leaves grow, When the woods without are bare; Where a sweet perfume Of the woodland's bloom Is afloat on the winter air! When tempest strong Hath howled along, With his war-whoop wild and loud, Till the broad ribs broke Of the forest oak, And his crown of glory bowed; I know -- I know Where the green leaves grow, Though the groves without are bare, Where the branches nod Of the trees of God, And wild vines flourish fair. I know -- I know Where blossoms blow The earliest of the year; Where the passion-flower With a mystic power Its thorny crown doth rear; Where crocus breathes And fragrant wreathes Like a censer fill the gale; Where cowslips burst To beauty first, And the lily of the vale: And snow-drops white; And pansies bright As Joseph's colored vest; And laurel-tod From the woods of God, Where the wild-bird builds her nest. I know -- I know Where the waters flow In a marble font and nook, When the frost sprite In his strange delight Hath fettered the brawling brook; When the dancing stream With its broken gleam Is locked in its rocky bed; And the sing-song fret Of the rivulet Is hush as the melted lead; Oh then I know Where the waters flow As fresh as the spring-time flood, When the spongy sod Of the fields of God And the hedges are all in bud. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIFFERENT VIEWS; A CHRISMAS DUET by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS by AMBROSE BIERCE CHRISTMAS IN CHINATOWN by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ISAIAH'S COAL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL AMERICA by ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE |
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