Ask me not which of all my songs is thine! Ask of the Spring, when first the blossoms stir, Which of their fairy pennons waves for her; Ask of the Night which star of ail that shine Is her own signet, peerless and divine; Ask of the Sun which purple follower Among the clouds is his sole worshipper, Lifting at dawn his colors and his sign. As stars are born of night, as flowers of spring, As clouds the vivid hues of sunlight wear, And all an equal rank and kinship know, So is thy memory the awakening, The living warmth, the radiance large and fair In which all songs of mine to utterance grow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN: 32 by CECIL DAY LEWIS TWO VOYAGERS by EMILY DICKINSON STANZAS ADDRESSED TO SOME FRIEND GOING TO THE SEA-SIDE by BERNARD BARTON AURORA LEIGH: BOOK 4 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |