Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MARSH MARIGOLDS, by NORA (CHESSON) HOPPER


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MARSH MARIGOLDS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Here in the water-meadows
Last Line: Against the time of sleep
Subject(s): Autumn; Flowers; Marigolds; Seasons


Here in the water-meadows
Here in the water-meadows
Marsh Marigolds ablaze
Marsh Marigolds ablaze
Brighten the elder shadows
Brighten the elder shadows
Lost in autumn haze.
Lost in autumn haze.
Drunkards of sun and summer
Drunkards of sun and summer
They keep their colours clear,
They keep their colours clear,
Flaming among the marshes
Flaming among the marshes
At the waning of the year.
At the waning of the year.


Thicker than bee-swung clovers
Thicker than bee-swung clovers
They crowd the meadow-space:
They crowd the meadow-space:
Each to the mist that hovers
Each to the mist that hovers
Lifts an undaunted face.
Lifts an undaunted face.
Time that has stripped the sunflower,
Time that has stripped the sunflower,
And driven the bees away,
And driven the bees away,
Hath on these golden gypsies
Hath on these golden gypsies
No power to dismay.
No power to dismay.


Marsh marigolds together
Marsh marigolds together
Their ragged banners lift
Their ragged banners lift
Against the darkening weather,
Against the darkening weather,
Lost rains and frozen drift:
Lost rains and frozen drift:
They take the lessening sunshine
They take the lessening sunshine
Home to their hearts to keep
Home to their hearts to keep
Against the days of darkness,
Against the days of darkness,
Against the time of sleep.
Against the time of sleep.








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