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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HALF-RAINBOW, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography
First Line: The groups of autumn flowers were all ablaze
Last Line: Like heaven's half-bow, a true tho' broken sign.
Subject(s): Rainbows
First Line: The groups of autumn flowers were all ablaze
Last Line: Like heaven's half-bow, a true tho' broken sign.
Subject(s): Rainbows
The groups of Autumn flowers were all ablaze;
The hollyhock and scarlet crane's-bill burned
Like merry household fires; but when he turned
To search the distance, all was blocked with haze;
Then came a brightness over rick and roof;
He gladdened, as the running sunshine laughed
Its way from sheaf to sheaf, while, high aloof,
The rainbow lingered in one glorious shaft;
Then, in that light of promise, he appealed,
To her who was his heart's best hope; she heard
The tender suit his trembling lips preferred,
And in imperfect words her love revealed;
Her faltering accents gave a pledge divine,
Like Heaven's half-bow, a true tho' broken sign.
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