Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG OF SPRING, by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In april's dim and showery nights Last Line: With the sweet promise of the year. Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
IN April's dim and showery nights, When wandering perfumes, faint and rare, Float on the breeze; and phosphor lights Glimmer and fade along the air; When the green turf is white with flowers, Where orchards shed their floral wreath, And like the fairy-gifted child, Drop precious pearls at every breath; When all night long the boughs are stirr'd With fitful warblings from the nest, And the heart flutters like a bird, With its sweet, passionate unrest; Oh! then, beloved, I think on thee! And on that life, so strangely fair, Ere yet one cloud of memory Had gather'd in hope's golden air. I think on thee, and thy lone grave, On the green hill-side far away; I see the wilding flowers that wave Around thee, as the night-winds sway Though Hope can ne'er on earth fulfil The glory of her morning dream, The mystic soul of Nature still Resumes her sweet, unfailing theme. As Proserpine returned once more On Enna's flowery fields to rove, Still doth the breathing spring restore The sorrowing heart to light and love. And still though only clouds remain On life's horizon, cold and drear; The dream of youth returns again, With the sweet promise of the year. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD SONNETS FROM SERIES RELATING TO EDGAR ALLEN POE: 1 by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN A NOVEMBER LANDSACPE by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN A SEPTEMBER EVENING ON THE BANKS OF THE MOSHASSUCK by SARAH HELEN POWER WHITMAN |
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