Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUT THE HEARTS THAT ONCE ADORED ME, by EMILY JANE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis Subject(s): Morning | ||||||||
But that lock of silky hair, Still beneath the picture twined, Tells what once those features were, Paints her image on the mind. Fair the hand that traced that line, 'Dearest, ever deem me true'; Swiftly flew the fingers fine When the pen that motto drew. Awaking morning laughs from heaven On golden summer's forests green, And what a gust of song is given To welcome in that light serene! A fresh wind waves the clustering roses And through the open window sighs Around the couch where she reposes, The lady with the dovelike eyes; With dovelike eyes and shining hair, And velvet cheek so sweetly moulded; And hands so white and soft and fair Above her snowy bosom folded. Her sister's and her brother's feet Are brushing off the scented dew, And she springs up in haste to greet The grass and flowers and sunshine too. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MORNING SONG by KARLE WILSON BAKER THE WHARF ON THAMES-SIDE: WINTER DAWN by LAURENCE BINYON POEM BEFORE BREAKFAST by TED KOOSER I'VE BEEN ASLEEP by PHILIP LEVINE SPRNG DAY: BREAKFAST TABLE by AMY LOWELL THE WAYSIDE STATION by EDWIN MUIR A DAY DREAM by EMILY JANE BRONTE |
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