Here in the water-meadows Here in the water-meadows Marsh Marigolds ablaze Marsh Marigolds ablaze Brighten the elder shadows Brighten the elder shadows Lost in autumn haze. Lost in autumn haze. Drunkards of sun and summer Drunkards of sun and summer They keep their colours clear, They keep their colours clear, Flaming among the marshes Flaming among the marshes At the waning of the year. At the waning of the year. Thicker than bee-swung clovers Thicker than bee-swung clovers They crowd the meadow-space: They crowd the meadow-space: Each to the mist that hovers Each to the mist that hovers Lifts an undaunted face. Lifts an undaunted face. Time that has stripped the sunflower, Time that has stripped the sunflower, And driven the bees away, And driven the bees away, Hath on these golden gypsies Hath on these golden gypsies No power to dismay. No power to dismay. Marsh marigolds together Marsh marigolds together Their ragged banners lift Their ragged banners lift Against the darkening weather, Against the darkening weather, Lost rains and frozen drift: Lost rains and frozen drift: They take the lessening sunshine They take the lessening sunshine Home to their hearts to keep Home to their hearts to keep Against the days of darkness, Against the days of darkness, Against the time of sleep. Against the time of sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHILD'S EVENING HYMN by SABINE BARING-GOULD THE SECRET OF THE SEA by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A UTILITARIAN VIEW OF THE MONITOR'S FIGHT by HERMAN MELVILLE I DO NOT LOVE THEE by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON THE FORESTERS: NATIONAL SONG by ALFRED TENNYSON TO THE QUEEN by ALFRED TENNYSON ARMY CORRESPONDENT'S LAST RIDE; FIVE FORKS, APRIL 1, 1865 by GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND |