Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAPLE DAYS, by FRANCIS THOMPSON (20TH CENTURY-) First Line: Though nights be cold, yet soon on sunny Last Line: Old mother maple vivid patchwork lays. Subject(s): Farm Life; Agriculture; Farmers | ||||||||
Though nights be cold, yet soon on sunny days Tree life shall stir, and farmers then will tap The maple trees, that there may flow sweet sap. From melting snow will come the soft spring haze, And pure white birch their lacy limbs shall raise Dark-tipped against blue sky. The brave "black-cap" Shall sing his phoebe-note, the "downy" rap Insistently his cheery reveilles. When autumn comes, dull purple turns the ash; Witch hazel makes herself a golden maze; The oak seems red against the sun's last flash, Pastel-like tints the sassafras displays; And on the pasture slope, with rainbow splash, Old Mother Maple vivid patchwork lays. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KICKING THE LEAVES by DONALD HALL THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD VARIATIONS: 13 by CONRAD AIKEN |
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