Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG OF WINTER, by EMILY JANE (DAVIS) PFEIFFER Poet's Biography First Line: Barb'd blossom of the guarded gorse Last Line: Bear witness to his human will. Subject(s): Winter | ||||||||
BARB'D blossom of the guarded gorse, I love thee where I see thee shine: Thou sweetener of our common-ways, And brightener of our wintry days. Flower of the gorse, the rose is dead, Thou art undying, O be mine! Be mine with all thy thorns, and prest Close on a heart that asks not rest. I pluck thee and thy stigma set Upon my breast and on my brow; Blow, buds, and plenish so my wreath That none may know the wounds beneath. O crown of thorn that seem'st of gold, No festal coronal art thou; Thy honey'd blossoms are but hives That guard the growth of winged lives. I saw thee in the time of flowers As sunshine spill'd upon the land, Or burning bushes all ablaze With sacred fire; but went my ways; I went my ways, and as I went Pluck'd kindlier blooms on either hand; Now of those blooms so passing sweet None lives to stay my passing feet. And still thy lamp upon the hill Feeds on the autumn's dying sigh, And from thy midst comes murmuring A music sweeter than in spring. Barb'd blossoms of the guarded gorse, Be mine to wear until I die, And mine the wounds of love which still Bear witness to his human will. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOOKING EAST IN THE WINTER by JOHN HOLLANDER WINTER DISTANCES by FANNY HOWE WINTER FORECAST by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN AT WINTER'S EDGE by JUDY JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE TO A MOTH THAT DRINKETH OF THE RIPE OCTOBER by EMILY JANE (DAVIS) PFEIFFER |
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