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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHOM EARTH HAS TAUGHT: RENEWALS, by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS First Line: This wave of springtime, breaking on a shore Last Line: Thoughts that are dulled by winter, overmuch. | |||
This wave of springtime, breaking on a shore Of field and barnyard in a sorcery Of April hours, will fill his heart once more With wonder that such cryptic things can be; That embers of a protoplasmic fire, Banked in the clay, and in all blood that flows, Can kindle, of a sudden, and desire Sweep soil, and flesh as frosty, where it goes. The sweet unreasoned fervency of Spring, Moving no less in loam than stall and pen, Will work its ageless miracle to bring Renewal out of dust and flesh again ... Barley or millet in a field to fill His empty barn, and young lambs on a hill. Midas himself, returned from days of old, And wandering in fields of wheat, unseen, May well have touched these gleaming spots to gold Where yesterday were only waves of green. Now head from head will take the magic glint Till days grow loud with combines where they tread Shattering out the dross so that a mint May coin the precious bullion into bread. And one who sees beyond his ripening field A fading stubble, and the monochrome Of frozen acres, -- he will take a yield From summer that the heart can carry home: A magic stored in memories to touch Thoughts that are dulled by winter, overmuch. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN AUTUMN TONES by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS OLD HOUSE by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS PASTURES by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS WHOM EARTH HAS TAUGHT: HERITAGE by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS WHOM EARTH HAS TAUGHT: PROSPICENCE by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS WHOM EARTH HAS TAUGHT: REVELATION by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS WINTER TREES by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 2. DAISY'S SONG by JOHN KEATS SONNET: THE HUMAN SEASONS by JOHN KEATS CHRISTMAS BELLS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW |
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