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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SCENE IN SUMMER, by ARTHUR HENRY HALLAM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Alfred, I would that you behold me now
Last Line: Divide dominion with the abundant light.
Subject(s): Summer; Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
First Line: Alfred, I would that you behold me now
Last Line: Divide dominion with the abundant light.
Subject(s): Summer; Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892); Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
ALFRED, I would that you behold me now,
Sitting beneath a mossy ivied wall
On a quaint bench, which to that structure old
Winds an accordant curve. Above my head
Dilates immeasurable a wild of leaves
Seeming received into the blue expanse
That vaults this summer noon: before me lies
A lawn of English verdure, smooth and bright,
Mottled with fainter hues of early hay,
Whose fragrance, blended with the rose perfume
From that white flowering bush, invites my sense
To a delicious madness -- and faint thoughts
Of childish years are borne into my brain
By unforgotten ardors waking now.
Beyond, a gentle slope leads into shade
Of mighty trees, to bend whose eminent crown
Is the prime labor of the pettish winds,
That now in lighter mood are twirling leaves
Over my feet, or hurrying butterflies,
And the gay humming things that summer loves,
Thro' the warm air, or altering the bound
Where you elm-shadows in majestic line
Divide dominion with the abundant light.
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