|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THOUGHTS DURING SICKNESS: 6. FLOWERS, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Welcome, o pure and lovely forms, again
Last Line: Whether the couch be that of life or death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Flowers; Sickness; Illness
First Line: Welcome, o pure and lovely forms, again
Last Line: Whether the couch be that of life or death.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Flowers; Sickness; Illness
WELCOME, O pure and lovely forms! again
Unto the shadowy stillness of my room!
For not alone ye bring a joyous train
Of summer-thoughts attendant on your bloom --
Visions of freshness, of rich bowery gloom,
Of the low murmurs filling mossy dells,
Of stars that look down on your folded bells
Through dewy leaves, of many a wild perfume
Greeting the wanderer of the hill and grove
Like sudden music: more than this ye bring --
Far more; ye whisper of the all-fostering love
Which thus hath clothed you, and whose dove-like wing
Broods o'er the sufferer drawing fevered breath,
Whether the couch be that of life or death.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL
AFTERNOON AT MACDOWELL by JANE KENYON
HAVING IT OUT WITH MELANCHOLY by JANE KENYON
SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES
A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS