Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SOUL'S AWAKENING, by JOHN EDWARD COLBURN First Line: I pressed mine ear close to the warm, brown earth Last Line: And all my heart prepared for blossoming. Alternate Author Name(s): Colburn, John Subject(s): Soul; Spring | ||||||||
I pressed mine ear close to the warm, brown earth, And heard the myriad tiny stirs of life Seeds bursting, and the manifold soft strife Of groping roots, and things just come to birth Pressing the loam aside. And, in the dearth Of green, each little folded leaf seemed rife With beauty and the promise of new life, A wealth of hope beyond all Summer's worth. And seeds which I had treasured long ago Within my breast, long withered up and dry, Swelled with the moisture of the melting snow And frost of doubt; and under faith's clear sky, There woke in each the spirit of the Spring, And all my heart prepared for blossoming. | 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 IF HE SHOULD COME by EDWIN MARKHAM |
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