Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOLDENROD AND ASTERS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: The goldenrod, the goldenrod Last Line: With the hues of paradise! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Asters; Flowers; Goldenrod | ||||||||
THE goldenrod, the goldenrod That glows in sun or rain, Waving its plumes on every bank From the mountain slope to the main, Not dandelions, nor cowslips fine, Nor buttercups, gems of summer, Nor leagues of daisies yellow and white, Can rival this latest comer! On the plains and the upland pastures Such regal splendor falls When forth, from myriad branches green, Its gold the south wind calls, That the tale seems true the Red man's god Lavished its bloom to say, 'Though days grow brief and suns grow cold, My love is the same for aye.' And, darker than April violets Or pallid as wind-flowers grow, Under its shadow from hill to meadow Great beds of asters blow; O plots of purple o'erhung with gold That need nor walls nor wardens, Not fairer shone, to the Median Queen, Her Babylonian gardens! And were I to be a bride at morn, Ere the chimes rang out I'd say, 'Not roses red, but goldenrod Strew in my path to-day! And let it brighten the dusky aisle, And flame on the altar-stair, Till the glory and light of the fields shall flood The solemn dimness there'; And should I sleep in my shroud at eve, Not lilies pale and cold, But the purple asters of the wood Within my hand I'd hold; For goldenrod is the flower of love That time and change defies; And asters gleam through the autumn air With the hues of Paradise! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOLDENROD by ELAINE GOODALE EASTMAN GOLDENROD by ETHEL M. FUNKHOUSER THE GOLDEN ROD by FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN AUTUMN GOLD by JOHN BANISTER TABB GOLDENROD by JOHN BANISTER TABB IN A FIELD OF GOLDENROD by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG GOLDENROD by WILLIAM EDWARD HUNT COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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