Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CONNECTICUT HILLS, by MINERVA WRIGHT ROCKWELL


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CONNECTICUT HILLS, by                    
First Line: For countless centuries these hills have stood
Last Line: Will sleep among these hills, to waken at their bidding.
Subject(s): Mountains; Nature; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


For countless centuries these hills have stood
Serene, in spite of season's changing.
Full many a Winter's storm has beat upon
Their heads, -- and Springtime's flooding rains
Have gutted them in torture. The parching
Suns of Summer drank greedily of their nurture,
And Fall's cruel frosts their verdant beauty changed.

And yet they've known the beauty of the Springtime;
Have joined in wondering laughter at her humors;
Felt whispering feet of rain upon their foreheads;
Hearkened to seductive voice of Summer.
When Fall has come to brush with wanton colors
The hills, with lifted faces pale with bearing,
Renew for a brief while a lovely knowing.

Then, when Winter softly closes the door of rapture
They sleep, -- full knowing that their wakening
Will be the richer for their dreaming.

So we, when seasons have fulfilled their mission
Will sleep among these hills, to waken at their bidding.





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