LOVE to his singer held a glistening leaf, And said: "The rose-tree and the apple-tree Have fruits to vaunt or flowers to lure the bee; And golden shafts are in the feathered sheaf Of the great harvest-marshal, the year's chief, Victorious Summer; aye, and 'neath warm sea Strange secret grasses lurk inviolably Between the filtering channels of sunk reef. All are my blooms; and all sweet blooms of love To thee I gave while Spring and Summer sang; But Autumn stops to listen, with some pang From those worse things the wind is moaning of. Only this laurel dreads no winter days: Take my last gift; thy heart hath sung my praise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MRS. THRALE [ON HER COMPLETING HER THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR] by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) THEOCRITUS; A VILLANELLE by OSCAR WILDE FOOTLIGHT MOTIFS: 2. PHOEBE FOSTER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 50. AL-BAHITH by EDWIN ARNOLD PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 82. AL-RAWUF by EDWIN ARNOLD PSALM 137 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |