Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOVEMBER FINDINGS: 1862, by JANET HAMILTON Poet's Biography First Line: Thou frigid tyrant, dark and stern november! Last Line: With gratitude even thee, dark stern november. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): November; War | ||||||||
THOU frigid tyrant, dark and stern November! We shrink before thee, and shall long remember Thy levin fires, untimely thunder volleys, That in dread tones rebuked our crimes and follies. Thy scowling eyes through veiling cloud are glaring On the pale face of Nature, rudely baring Her shivering form, her leafy garments strewing O'er field and wood-discoloured heaps of ruin. Earth's blasted treasures shrunken, blackened lie On many a field; beneath thy cruel eye Red grave-yards swello'er many little heaps Her buried treasures the pale mother weeps. The factory wheelstoo oft the wheels of life Stand still; and pining wants and woes are rife; On the cold hearth, and by the naked bed, Gaunt misery cowering sitshalf-warmed, half-fed. Friend Jonathan is just as fierce and spiteful The braggadocio would be quite delightful But loss of blood and jaundiced bile, poor fellow, Have made him giddy, and all objects yellow. Thou drear November! in thy reign we saw A press-blown clamour overcrow the law A secret conclave trample justice down, Beneath the shelter of Victoria's crown. But now let rigours of the season move To generous sympathy and deeds of love: So that the poor have cause long to remember With gratitude even thee, dark stern November. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS A BALLAD FOUNDED ON A REAL INCIDENT WHICH OCCURED IN HIGH LIFE by JANET HAMILTON |
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