Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WIND IN THE BOUGHS, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography First Line: I hear the bugler wind amid the boughs Last Line: Of what these tongues shall threaten? -- who can say? Subject(s): Prophecy & Prophets; Wind | ||||||||
I HEAR the bugler Wind amid the boughs Sounding tumultuous music, -- mighty notes Resurgent as the surf-beat of the sea; And while the supple branches sway thereto, As in a vision I behold great hosts Marching beneath the sun's gold oriflamme; Not Timur's hordes, nor Attila's long lines, Nor the dense legions of the Corsican, Wan specters of the illimitable past, But living men in motley multitudes, -- Pale peoples of the North with dull, deep eyes, And swarthy sons from lands of oil and vine. Through thy wide gateways, oh, beloved land, They sweep unceasing. Is the bugler Wind, Vociferous through his gamut of loud stops, Prophetic of black menace? -- to deaf ears Voicing full-throated warning of the time When his tense tones shall seem but echoes faint Of what these tongues shall threaten? -- Who can say? | 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 |
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