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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOVEMBER BLUE, by ALICE MEYNELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O heavenly colour, london town
Last Line: The throng go crowned with blue.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Electricity; England; London; Street Lights; English
First Line: O heavenly colour, london town
Last Line: The throng go crowned with blue.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Electricity; England; London; Street Lights; English
OHEAVENLY colour, London town
Has blurred it from her skies;
And, hooded in an earthly brown,
Unheaven'd the city lies.
No longer, standard-like, this hue
Above the broad road flies;
Nor does the narrow street the blue
Wear, slender pennon-wise.
But when the gold and silver lamps
Colour the London dew,
And, misted by the winter damps,
The shops shine bright anew --
Blue comes to earth, it walks the street,
It dyes the wide air through;
A mimic sky about their feet,
The throng go crowned with blue.
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