Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HILL AND VALE, by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not on the river plains Last Line: Of stars and clouds allied. Subject(s): Mountains; Nature; Hills; Downs (great Britain) | ||||||||
NOT on the river plains Wilt thou breathe loving air, O mountain spirit fine! Here the calm soul maintains Calm: but no joy like thine, On hill-tops bleak and bare, Whose breath is fierce and rare. Were beauty all thy need, Here were an haunt for thee. The broad laborious weald, An eye's delight indeed, Spreads from rich field to field: And full streams wander free Under the alder tree. Throw thee upon the grass, The daisied grass, and gaze Far to the warm blue mist: Feel, how the soft hours pass Over, before they wist, Into whole day: and days Dream on in sunny haze. Each old, sweet, country scent Comes, as old music might Upon thee: old, sweet sounds Go, as they ever went, Over the red corn grounds: Still sweeping scythes delight Charmed hearing and charmed sight. Gentle thy life would be: To watch at morning dew Fresh water-lilies: tell How bears the walnut tree: Find the first foxglove bell, Spare the last harebell blue: And wander the wold through. Another love is thine: For thee the far world spied From the far mountain top: Keen scented, sounding pine, The purple heather crop: And night's great glorious tide Of stars and clouds allied. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESS by HAYDEN CARRUTH GREEN MOUNTAIN IDYL by HAYDEN CARRUTH IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH BY THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES AT CHARING CROSS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON THE CHURCH OF A DREAM; TO BERNHARD BERENSON by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON |
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