Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ST MARTIN'S SUMMER, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As swallows turning backward Last Line: I have not lived in vain. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Indian Summer | ||||||||
As swallows turning backward When half-way o'er the sea, At one word's trumpet summons They came again to me -- The hopes I had forgotten Came back again to me. I know not which to credit, O lady of my heart! Your eyes that bade me linger, Your words that bade us part -- I know not which to credit, My reason or my heart. But be my hopes rewarded, Or be they but in vain, I have dreamed a golden vision, I have gathered in the grain -- I have dreamed a golden vision, I have not lived in vain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LATE INDIAN SUMMER by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER INDIAN SUMMER by SARA TEASDALE ECHO AND SILENCE by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES INDIAN SUMMER by EMILY DICKINSON INDIAN SUMMER (2) by JOHN BANISTER TABB FALL PLOWING by EVA K. ANGLESBURG THE INDIAN SUMMER by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD INDIAN SUMMER by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
|