Still surmounting as I came Wind and water, frost and flame, Night and day, the livelong year, From the burial-place of seed, From the earth's maternal bosom, Through the root, and stem, and blossom, To supply thy present need, Have I journeyed here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IDEA: TO THE READER OF THESE SONNETS, INTRODUCTION by MICHAEL DRAYTON THE SUPPLIANT by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE EPIGRAM ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG by ALEXANDER POPE SPRING IS NOT THE ASH by MARVIN BARRETT FRAGMENT by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS ILLUSIONS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |