Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET: IN THE LANES BETWEEN STRATFORD AND SHOTTERY, by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN


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SONNET: IN THE LANES BETWEEN STRATFORD AND SHOTTERY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Through dreamful meads, that still his spirit keep
Last Line: And all his nature glowed with boundless life.
Subject(s): Dramatists; Plays & Playwrights; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)


THROUGH dreamful meads, that still his spirit keep,
Roamed the boy-poet, when the morn was young,
And listened while the skylark's mirth out-rung,
Though his own heart was warbling strains more deep;
And 'mid half-wakened king-cups, thought of sleep
More sweet than theirs, that waited till he sung,
And bade it flee; then to his eyes there sprung
Such gladsome tears, as waking, she might weep.

Here with his Love he wandered to and fro,
Yet 'mid his utmost passion of desire,
High hopes, deep thoughts, had room to live and grow;
Here, while he mused of old heroic strife,
His blood leapt through his veins, a fount of fire,
And all his nature glowed with boundless life.







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