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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES ON DR. ROBERT SMITH, by THOMAS GRAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do you ask why old focus silvanus defies Last Line: But because he has writ about seeing. Subject(s): Cambridge University; Chestnut Trees | |||
Do you ask why old Focus Silvanus defies, And leaves not a chestnut in being? 'Tis not that old Focus himself has got eyes, But because he has writ about Seeing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY; FOR JAMES WRIGHT by GREGORY ORR THE HORSE CHESTNUT TREE by RICHARD GHORMLEY EBERHART THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE WALNUT-TREE OF BOARSTELL: CANTO 1 by WILLIAM BASSE THE LAURELS ARE LAID NOW by MAY FOLWELL HOISINGTON THE CHESTNUT TREE by ROYALL TYLER CHESTNUT IN MAY by KATHARINE TYNAN THE WIND IN THE TREES; CHESTNUT IN APRIL by KATHARINE TYNAN HORSE CHESTNUT by CICELY MARY BARKER HORSE CHESTNUT TREE by RICHARD GHORMLEY EBERHART ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD by THOMAS GRAY |
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