Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MICHAELMAS, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: We had not thought the sky could burn so blue! Last Line: And know the hour is near when summer stops. Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Summer; Michael, Saint | ||||||||
WE had not thought the sky could burn so blue! For Summer hath her storms, and Spring her veils; But now a crystal fire seems burning through Yon vault of wide turquoise no vapour pales. The summer green is changed and manifold: The cherries and the maples flame in rose, The beechwood studs the hill with rusty gold, And yellow bend the trembling poplar-rows. And all the roses that we mourned for dead Burst out in flower and bloom from every stalk; The purple asters burn amid the red, And starry dahlias frame the terrace-walk. Bright apples bow the trees beyond the field, The meadow-saffron springs among the grass; For every branch now bears its ripened yield, For every floweret feels the summer pass; For Venus dances in a frosty sky At twilight o'er the tawny mountain tops; For all things rage and revel ere they die, And know the hour is near when summer stops. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL; A STATUETTE: 1; SONNET by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL; A STATUETTE: 2; SONNET by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK HYMN: MICHAELMAS DAY by REGINALD HEBER ENLIGHTMENT! by HEINRICH HEINE MAELISU'S HYMN TO THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL by MAELISU ST. MICHAEL; A HYMN by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL by KATHARINE TYNAN SAINT MICHAEL by CHARLES WILLIAMS AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON |
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