Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MIDSUMMER HOUR, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: There comes not through the o'erarching cloud of green Last Line: The slow lapse of the gradual wave is heard. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Silence; Summer | ||||||||
There comes not through the o'erarching cloud of green A harsh, an envious sound to jar the ear: But vaguely swells a hum, now far, now near, Where the wild honey-bee beyond the screen Of beech-leaves haunts the field of flowering bean. Far, far away the low voice of the weir Dies into silence. Hush'd now is the clear Sweet song down-circling from the lark unseen. Beyond me, where I lie, the shrew-mice run A-patter where of late the streamlet's tones Made music: on a branch a drowsy bird Sways by the webs that midst dry pools are spun -- Yet lives the streamlet still, for o'er flat stones The slow lapse of the gradual wave is heard. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ADVANCE OF SUMMER by MARY KINZIE THE SUMMER IMAGE by LEONIE ADAMS CANOEBIAL BLISS by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE END OF SUMMER by HENRY MEADE BLAND THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD SONNET: 14. APPROACH OF SUMMER by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES JULY IN WASHINGTON by ROBERT LOWELL |
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