Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPRING, by MELEAGER Poet's Biography First Line: Now winter's winds are banished from the sky Last Line: Sing, poet, thouand sing thy best for may! Alternate Author Name(s): Meleagros Subject(s): Admiration | ||||||||
NOW Winter's winds are banished from the sky, Gay laughs the blushing face of flowery Spring: Now lays the land her duskier raiment by And dons her grass-green vest, for signal why Young plants may choose themselves appareling. Now drinking tender dews of generous morn, The meadows break into their summer smile, The rose unfolds her leaves: and glad, the while, In far-off hills the shepherd winds his horn, And his white brede the goatherd's heart beguile. Now sail the sailors over billowing seas While careless Zephyr fills the canvas fair, And singing crowds with dances debonair Praise Dionysus for the grapes' increase The berried ivy twisted in their hair. Forth from the rotting hide now bees are come Deft craftsmen working well and warily And in the hive they settle, while they ply Fresh-flowing waxen store, with busy hum, And small pierced cells for their sweet industry. Now shrilleth clear each several bird his note, The Halcyon charms the wave that knows no gale, About our eaves the swallow tells her tale, Along the river banks the swan, afloat, And down the woodland glades the nightingale. Now tendrils curl and earth bursts forth anew Now shepherd's pipe and fleecy flocks are gay Now sailors sail, and Bacchus gets his due Now wild birds chirp and bees their toil pursue Sing, poet, thouand sing thy best for May! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EYE IN THE ROCK by JOHN HAINES SAN DIEGO AND MATISSE: 1. INSIDE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A TREE by CLARENCE MAJOR SAN DIEGO AND MATISSE: 2. OUTSIDE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A ROCKING... by CLARENCE MAJOR STREAK OF LIGHT by EAMON GRENNAN MARY DONNELLY by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM ON THE ROAD TO CHORRERA by ARLO BATES THE FOREST MAID by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |
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