Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE APOLOGY, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE


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First Line: Chide not if here you haply find
Last Line: The country love, the country blush!
Subject(s): Country Life; Muses; Youth


CHIDE not if here you haply find
The rough romance of country love;
I sing as well the brook and wind,
The green below, the blue above.

Here shall you read of spreading cress,
The velvet of the sparrow's neck;
Sometimes shall glance the glowing tress,
And Laura's snow without a speck;

The crab that sets the mouth awry,
The chestnut with its domes of pink;
The splendid palace of the sky,
The pool where drowsy cattle drink;

The stack where Colin hides to catch
The milkmaid with her beaded load;
The singing lark, a poet's match,
That travels up the great blue road;

The cherry whence the blackbird bold
Steals ruby mouthfuls at his ease;
The glory of laburnum gold,
The valiant piping of the breeze;—

All, all are here. The rustic Muse
Shall sing the pansy and the thrush;
Ah, chide not if she sometimes choose
The country love, the country blush!





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