Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 7. TO THE EVENING RAINBOW, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mild arch of promise! On the evening sky Last Line: Anticipates the realm where sorrows cease. Subject(s): Hope; Rainbows; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Optimism | ||||||||
MILD arch of promise! on the evening sky Thou shinest fair, with many a lovely ray, Each in the other melting. Much mine eye Delights to linger on thee; for the day, Changeful and many-weathered, seemed to smile, Flashing brief splendour through its clouds awhile, Which deepened dark anon, and fell in rain: But pleasant it is now to pause, and view Thy various tints of frail and watery hue, And think the storm shall not return again. Such is the smile that piety bestows On the good man's pale cheek, when he, in peace, Departing gently from a world of woes, Anticipates the realm where sorrows cease. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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