Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A COTTAGE SCENE, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw a cradle at a cottage door Last Line: From earth to heaven. Subject(s): Country Life; Holidays; Thanksgiving | ||||||||
I SAW a cradle at a cottage door, Where the fair mother, with her cheerful wheel, Carolled so sweet a song, that the young bird, Which, timid, near the threshold sought for seeds, Paused on its lifted foot, and raised its head, As if to listen. The rejoicing bees Nestled in throngs amid the wood-bine cups That o'er the lattice clustered. A clear stream Came leaping from its sylvan height, and poured Music upon the pebbles, and the winds Which gently 'mid the vernal braches played Their idle freaks, brought showering blossoms down, Surfeiting earth with sweetness. Sad I came From weary commerce with the heartless world; But when I felt upon my withered cheek My mother Nature's breath, and heard the trump Of those gay insects at their honied toil, Shining like winged jewelry, and drank The healthful odor of the flowering trees And bright-eyed violets; but, most of all, When I beheld mild slumbering innocence, And on that young maternal brow the smile Of those affections which do purify And renovate the soul, I turned me back In gladness, and with added strength, to run My weary race -- lifting a thankful prayer To Him who showed me some bright tints of Heaven Here on the earth, that I might safer walk And firmer combat sin, and surer rise From earth to Heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CULTURE OF GLASS by THYLIAS MOSS THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING by NORMAN DUBIE OUR PRAYER OF THANKS by CARL SANDBURG THANKSGIVING DAY by LYDIA MARIA CHILD XAIPE: 65 by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS THE OL' TUNES by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A THANKSGIVING TO GOD [FOR HIS HOUSE] by ROBERT HERRICK COLUMBUS [JANUARY, 1487] by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY |
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