Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DREAM, by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY Poet's Biography First Line: Twas summer, and the spot a cool retreat Last Line: "can change it to the fount which maketh green my own." Alternate Author Name(s): Stedman, Edmund Burke, Mrs. | ||||||||
'T WAS summer, and the spot a cool retreat -- Where curious eyes came not, nor footstep rude Disturbed the lovers' chosen solitude: Beneath an oak there was a mossy seat, Where we reclined, while birds above us wooed Their mates in songs voluptuously sweet. A limpid brook went murmuring by our feet, And all conspired to urge the tender mood. Methought I touched the streamlet with a flower, When from its bosom sprang a fountain clear, Falling again in the translucent shower Which made more green each blade of grass appear: "This stream's thy heart," I said; "Love's touch alone Can change it to the fount which maketh green my own." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WINTER NIGHT by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY CULTIVATION by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY DIVIDENT HILL by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY ENCOURAGEMENT by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY FADING AUTUMN by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY MOONLIGHT IN ITALY by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY, ROCHESTER by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY THE BLIND PSALMIST by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY THE QUAKERESS BRIDE by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY THE QUAKERS BRIDE by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY |
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