Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FALSE SPRING, by POLLY MCKIBBEN First Line: Ah, those deceptive springtime days in fall Last Line: A rhapsody of blossomtime again! Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
Ah, those deceptive springtime days in fall, Which flower in a pilgrimage of grace, To crown fulfillment for a transient space With glory for the one who heeds that call; While rich emotion climbs the highest wall, To press a kiss on summer's gamin-face, And hide rare trickery mid autumn lace, False spring, quite unconfused, reigns over all. When winter comes a May-day's hard to find, But autumn bears a flash-back to the spring, So precious in its brevity -- and then The human heart gives up its key to bind An April dream, which rises up to sing A rhapsody of blossomtime again! | 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 ANOTHER SPRING by POLLY MCKIBBEN TO MR. THOMAS SOUTHERNE, ON HIS BIRTHDAY, 1742 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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