Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POND-LILIES, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: In early morning, when the air Last Line: The brooding haze, the trembling flush. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Flowers; Lilies | ||||||||
IN early morning, when the air Is full of tender prophecy, And rose-hue faint and pearl-mist fair Are hints of splendor yet to be, The lilies open. Gleaming white, Their fluted cups like onyx shine, And golden-hearted, in the light, They hold the summer's rarest wine. Ah, love, what mornings thou and I Once idly drifted through, afloat Among the lilies, with the sky Cloud-curtained o'er our tiny boat! Noon climbed apace with ardent feet; The goblets shut, whose honey-dew Was overbrimmed with subtle sweet While yet the silver dawn was new. The pomp of royal crowning lay On daisied field and dimpling dell; And on the blue hills far away In dazzling waves the glory fell; And, flashing to our measured stroke, The waters seemed a path of gems, Beneath whose clear refraction broke A grove with mirrored fronds and stems. In music on the sparkling shore The plashing ripples fell asleep: We laid aside the dripping oar, For our delight we could not keep. In all the splendor farther on We missed the morning's maiden blush; The soft expectancy was gone, The brooding haze, the trembling flush. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NUNS PAINTING WATER-LILIES by WALLACE STEVENS THE SECRET GARDEN by ELEANOR WILNER THE CLOTE (WATER-LILY) by WILLIAM BARNES THE LILY, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE MARIPOSA LILY by INA DONNA COOLBRITH TO A LILY by JAMES MATHEWES LEGARE THE WATER-LILY by JOHN BANISTER TABB ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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