WHY should a fir-tree stark against the sky Arouse old thoughts and times of long ago; Yea, blind with tears a careless passing eye That chancewise looks for signs of rain or snow? I do not know. I only feel that any joy or pain May live afresh in any sight I see, By field or nook, by path or windy plain. And so the world a wonder is to me, A mystery. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICAN THEMES FOR A GILBERT by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A LULLABY by THOMALLY HOLBECH ANDERSON COTTON MILL FUNERAL by STEWART ATKINS THE CENTAUR'S FAREWELL by WILLIAM ROSE BENET DAY AND NIGHT by RUPERT BROOKE |