Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNBEAMS IN THE WOOD, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poet's Biography First Line: Mark ye not the sunbeams glancing Last Line: To a home of light. Subject(s): Calm; Old Age; Placid; Undisturbed; Tranquility | ||||||||
MARK ye not the sunbeams glancing Through the cool green shade, On the waving fern-leaves dancing, In the quiet glade? See you how they change and quiver Where the broad oaks rise, Rippling like a golden river From their fountain skies? On the gray old timber resting Like a sleeping dove, Like a fairy grandchild nestling In an old man's love. On the dusty pathway tracing Arabesques with golden style; Light and shadow interlacing, Like a tearful smile. Many a hidden leaf revealing, Many an unseen flower; Like a maiden lightly stealing Past each secret bower. Oh! how beautiful they make it Everywhere they fall; Sunbeams! why will ye forsake it At pale Evening's call? In the arching thickets linger, In the woodland aisle, Gilding them with trembling finger, Yet a little while. Then, your last calm radiance pouring, Bid the earth good-night; Like a sainted spirit soaring To a home of light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COTTAGE IN THE MIDST' by KENNETH REXROTH STILL ON WATER by KENNETH REXROTH THE LOVE POEMS OF MARICHIKO: 6 by KENNETH REXROTH REVELATION by LOUIS UNTERMEYER TO A FRIEND by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD PAX BRITANNICA by ALFRED AUSTIN CONSECRATION HYMN by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME? by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL A BIRTHDAY GREETING TO MY FATHER, 1860 by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL |
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