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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OCTAVES IN A GARDEN: 1. WADHAM, by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poet's Biography
First Line: The day is like a sabbath in a swoon
Last Line: The old quadrangle paved with afternoon.
Subject(s): Oxford, England; Sabbath; Sunday
First Line: The day is like a sabbath in a swoon
Last Line: The old quadrangle paved with afternoon.
Subject(s): Oxford, England; Sabbath; Sunday
WADHAM
THE day is like a Sabbath in a swoon.
Slow in September's blue go fair cloud-things
Poising aslant upon their charmed wings,
Arrested by some backward thought of June.
Softly I tread, and with repentant shoon,
Half fearfully in sweet imaginings,
Where broods, like courtyards of departed kings,
The old quadrangle paved with afternoon.
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