Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDER THE OCTOBER MAPLES, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What mean these banners spread Last Line: More insubstantial too! Subject(s): Maple Trees | ||||||||
WHAT mean these banners spread, These paths with royal red So gaily carpeted? Comes there a prince to-day? Such footing were too fine For feet less argentine Than Dian's own or thine, Queen whom my tides obey. Surely for thee are meant These hues so orient That with a sultan's tent Each tree invites the sun; Our Earth such homage pays, So decks her dusty ways, And keeps such holidays, For one, and only one. My brain shapes form and face, Throbs with the rhythmic grace And cadence of her pace To all fine instincts true; Her footsteps, as they pass, Than moonbeams over grass Fall lighter, and, alas, More insubstantial too! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RED MAPLE LEAVES by KENNETH REXROTH MAPLES IN A SPRUCE FOREST by JOHN UPDIKE VERSES FOR CHILDREN: MAPLE TREE by ZEDA K. AILES JAPANESE MAPLES by JENNIE SCOTT ARNOLD MEAPLE LEAVES BE YOLLOW by WILLIAM BARNES THE MAPLE TREE OVER THE WAY by LEVI BISHOP THE AVENUE by GEORGES BOUTELLEAU THE SONG OF THE SOWER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT AFTER THE BURIAL by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL |
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