Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE YOUNG FIR-WOOD, by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These little firs today are things Last Line: Upon the earth and elder sands. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Fir Trees; Love; Trees | ||||||||
THESE little firs to-day are things To clasp into a giant's cap, Or fans to suit his lady's lap. From many winters many springs Shall cherish them in strength and sap, Till they be marked upon the map, A wood for the wind's wanderings. All seed is in the sower's hands: And what at first was trained to spread Its shelter for some single head,-- Yea, even such fellowship of wands,-- May hide the sunset, and the shade Of its great multitude be laid Upon the earth and elder sands. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS THE LIFE OF TREES by DORIANNE LAUX FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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