Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOPE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hope, bending o'er me one time, snowed the flakes Last Line: "what makes my little girl so sad to-night?" Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Dreams; Hope; Kisses; Nightmares; Optimism | ||||||||
HOPE, bending o'er me one time, snowed the flakes Of her white touches on my folded sight, And whispered, half rebukingly, "What makes My little girl so sorrowful to-night?" O scarce did I unclasp my lids, or lift Their tear-glued fringes, as with blind embrace I caught within my arms the mother-gift, And with wild kisses dappled all her face. That was a baby dream of long ago: My fate is fanged with frost, and tongued with flame: My woman-soul, chased naked through the snow, Stumbles and staggers on without an aim. And yet, here in my agony, sometimes A faint voice reaches down from some far height, And whispers through a glamouring of rhymes, -- "What makes my little girl so sad to-night?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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