Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORIAL OF A CONVERSATION, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yes! All things tell us of a birthright lost Last Line: With eden-flowers -- one mighty to atone! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
YES! all things tell us of a birthright lost -- A brightness from our nature passed away! Wanderers we seem that from an alien coast Would turn to where their Father's mansion lay; And but by some lone flower, that 'midst decay Smiles mournfully, or by some sculptured stone, Revealing dimly, with gray moss o'ergrown, The faint, worn impress of its glory's day, Can trace their once-free heritage, though dreams, Fraught with its picture, oft in startling gleams Flash o'er their souls. But One, oh! One alone, For us the ruined fabric may rebuild, And bid the wilderness again be filled With Eden-flowers -- One mighty to atone! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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