O HESPERUS, thou bringest all good things— Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer, To the young bird the parent's brooding wings, The welcome stall to the o'erlabored steer; Whate'er of peace about our hearthstone clings, Whate'er our household gods protect of dear, Are gathered round us by thy look of rest; Thou bring'st the child too to its mother's breast. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE THAWING WIND by ROBERT FROST THE GOOD SHEPHERD by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO MEMORIAL TO D.C.: 2. PRAYER TO PERSEPHONE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY LUKE HAVERGAL by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON EARLY RISING by JOHN GODFREY SAXE ON IMAGINATION by PHILLIS WHEATLEY MAUD MULLER by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |