Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MINE HOST OF 'THE GOLDEN APPLE', by THOMAS WESTWOOD Poet's Biography First Line: A goodly host one day was mine Last Line: Thomas westwood. Subject(s): Apples; Fruit | ||||||||
A GOODLY host one day was mine, A Golden Apple his only sign, That hung from a long branch, ripe and fine. My host was the bountiful apple tree; He gave me shelter and nourished me With the best of fare, all fresh and free. And light-winged guests came not a few, To his leafy inn, and sipped the dew, And sang their best songs ere they flew. I slept at night, on a downy bed Of moss, and my Host benignly spread His own cool shadow over my head. When I asked what reckoning there might be, He shook his broad boughs cheerily: A blessing be thine, green Apple-tree! Thomas Westwood. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CROSSED APPLE by LOUISE BOGAN TO MY CLASS: ON CERTAIN FRUITS AND FLOWERS SENT ... SICKNESS by SIDNEY LANIER APPLES OF HESPERIDES by AMY LOWELL THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE HUMAN, AVIAN, VEGETABLE, BLOOD by KENNETH REXROTH LITTLE BELL by THOMAS WESTWOOD |
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