Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUGUST (2), by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O mellow month and merry Last Line: With bangles in your hair! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): August; Beauty; Seasons | ||||||||
O MELLOW month and merry month, Let me make love to you, And follow you around the world As knights their ladies do. I thought your sisters beautiful, Both May and April, too, But April she had rainy eyes, And May had eyes of blue. And June -- I liked the singing Of her lips -- and liked her smile -- But all her songs were promises Of something, after while; And July's face -- the lights and shades That may not long beguile With alternations o'er the wheat The dreamer at the stile. But you! -- ah, you are tropical, Your beauty is so rare; Your eyes are clearer, deeper eyes Than any, anywhere; Mysterious, imperious, Deliriously fair, O listless Andalusian maid, With bangles in your hair! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NO AUTUMN IN MY COUNTRY by MEENA ALEXANDER AFTER TU FU (THEY SAY YOU'RE STAYING IN A MOUNTAIN TEMPLE) by MARVIN BELL HE HAD A GOOD YEAR by MARVIN BELL SO IT'S TODAY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR CONTRA MORTEM: THE FALL by HAYDEN CARRUTH A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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