Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OF A POET; WRITTEN FOR A CHILD, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL


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OF A POET; WRITTEN FOR A CHILD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He sang of brooks, and trees, and flowers
Last Line: In gentle words of golden worth.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


HE sang of brooks, and trees, and flowers,
Of mountain tarns, of wood-wild bowers,
The wisdom of the starry skies,
The mystery of childhood's eyes,
The violet's scent, the daisy's dress,
The timid breeze's shy caress.
Whilst England waged her fiery wars
He praised the silence of the stars,
And clear and sweet as upland rills
The gracious wisdom of her hills.
Save once when Clifford's fate he sang,
And bugle-like his lyric rang,
He prized the ways of lowly men,
And trod, with them, the moor and fen.
Fair Nature to this lover dear
Bent low to whisper or to hear
The secrets of her sky and earth,
In gentle Words of golden Worth.





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