Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AIRS OF SPRING, by THOMAS CAREW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweetly breathing, vernal air Last Line: To bind him an iron chain. Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
SWEETLY breathing, vernal air. That with kind warmth doth repair Winter's ruins; from whose breast All the gums and spice of the East Borrow their perfumes; whose eye Gilds the morn, and clears the sky. Whose dishevelled tresses shed Pearls upon the violet bed; On whose brow, with calm smiles drest The halcyon sits and builds he nest; Beauty, youth, and endless spring Dwell upon they rosy wing! Thou, if stormy Boreas throws Down whole forests when he blows, With a pregnant, flowery birth, Canst refresh the teeming earth. If he nip the early bud, If he blast what's fair or good, If he scatter our choice flowers, If he shake our halls or bowers, If his rude breath threaten us, Thou canst stroke great AEolus, And from his the grace obtain, To bind him an iron chain. | 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 A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW A PASTORAL DIALOGUE: SHEPHERD, NYMPH, CHORUS by THOMAS CAREW |
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