Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN SPRING-TIME, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: There's many a pool that holds a cloud Last Line: Is four and twenty hours of song! Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
There's many a pool that holds a cloud Deep down for miles, to float along; There's many a hedge that's white with may, To bring the backward birds to song; There's many a country lane that smells Of beanfields, through the night and day: Then why should I be here this hour, In Spring-time, when the month is May. There's nothing else but stone I see, With but this ribbon of a sky; And not a garden big enough To share it with a butterfly. Why do I walk these dull dark streets, In gloom and silence, all day long -- In Spring-time, when the blackbird's day Is four and twenty hours of song! | 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 BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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