Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EARLY MAY, by JOHN BURROUGHS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The time that hints the coming leaf Last Line: By orchard bloom and lilac scent. Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
The time that hints the coming leaf, When buds are dropping chaff and scale, And, wafted from the greening vale, Are pungent odors, keen as grief. Now shad-bush wears a robe of white, And orchards hint a leafy screen; While willows drop their veils of green Above the limpid waters bright. New songsters come with every morn, And whippoorwill is overdue, While spice-bush gold is coined anew Before her tardy leaves are born. The cowslip now with radiant face Makes mimic sunshine in the shade, Anemone is not afraid, Although she trembles in her place. Now adder's-tongue new gilds the mould, The ferns unroll their woolly coils, And honey-bee begins her toils Where maple trees their fringe unfold. The goldfinch dons his summer coat, The wild bee drones her mellow bass, And butterflies of hardy race In genial sunshine bask and float. The Artist now is sketching in The outlines of his broad design So soon to deepen line on line, Till June and summer days begin. Now Shadow soon will pitch her tent Beneath the trees in grove and field, And all the wounds of life be healed, By orchard bloom and lilac scent. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD |
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