Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BERRYING, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: May be true what I had heard Last Line: No wisdom to our berries went?' Subject(s): Blackberries | ||||||||
'May be true what I had heard, -- Earth's a howling wilderness, Truculent with fraud and force,' Said I, strolling through the pastures, And along the river-side. Caught among the blackberry vines, Feeding on the Ethiops sweet, Pleasant fancies overtook me. I said, 'What influence me preferred, Elect, to dreams thus beautiful?' The vines replied, 'And didst thou deem No wisdom to our berries went?' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLACKBERRY-PICKING; FOR PHILIP HOBSBAUM by SEAMUS HEANEY BLACKBERRY EATING by GALWAY KINNELL GATHERING BLACKBERRIES by PHOEBE CARY BLACKBERRIES FOR AMELIA by RICHARD WILBUR A-BLACKBERRIED by NAOMI REYNOLDS THE BLACKBERRY PICKER by CHRISTINE SLOAN THE BLACKBERRY BUSH by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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