Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE HAWTHORN-TREE, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poet's Biography First Line: Hawthorn fair, whose burgeoning Last Line: E'er avail to lay thee low. Subject(s): Hawthorn; Love; Trees; Wind | ||||||||
HAWTHORN fair, whose burgeoning Blossoms spring Where these banks wind beauteously, Down along thine arms there clings, Waves, and swings, Trailing wild-vine drapery. Rival camps of scurrying ants Have their haunts Fortified, at thy roots' head. In thy hollow-eaten bole's Countless holes Tiny bees find board and bed. Nightingale the chorister Dwelleth here Where in flush of youth he made Love, and still each year again Shall obtain Solace in thy leafy shade. In thy top he hath his nest Built, and dressed-- Woven of wool, with silks made gay; Whence his young so soon as hatched, Must be snatched, For my hands a gentle prey. Live, then, dainty hawthorn fair, Live fore'er, Live secure from every foe! May nor axe nor lightning harm; Wind, nor storm, E'er avail to lay thee low. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE WIND by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN LEAF LITTER ON ROCK FACE by HEATHER MCHUGH RESIDENTIAL AREA by JOSEPHINE MILES THE DAY THE WINDS by JOSEPHINE MILES VARIATIONS: 12 by CONRAD AIKEN OH IT'S PRETTY WINDY OUTSIDE by LARRY EIGNER RETURN OF SPRING by PIERRE DE RONSARD |
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