Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC SONNET: 8. TO SPRING, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Again the wood, and long-withdrawing vale Last Line: Have power to cure all sadness -- but despair. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
Again the wood, and long-withdrawing vale, In many a tint of tender green are drest, Where the young leaves, unfolding, scarce conceal Beneath their early shade, the half-form'd nest Of finch or woodlark; and the primrose pale, And lavish cowslip, wildly scatter'd round, Give their sweet spirits to the sighing gale. Ah! season of delight! -- could aught be found To soothe awhile the tortured bosom's pain, Of Sorrow's rankling shaft to cure the wound, And bring life's first delusions once again, 'Twere surely met in thee! -- thy prospect fair, Thy sounds of harmony, thy balmy air, Have power to cure all sadness -- but despair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD ELEGIAC SONNET: 2. WRITTEN AT THE CLOSE OF SPRING by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 4. TO THE MOON by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 44. WRITTEN IN THE CHURCH YARD AT MIDDLETON IN SUSSEX by CHARLOTTE SMITH |
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