Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S AUTUMN, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I would not lose a single silvery ray Last Line: But there as here, thou smilest, love! On me! Subject(s): Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love | ||||||||
I WOULD not lose a single silvery ray Of those white locks which like a milky way Streak the dusk midnight of thy raven hair; I would not lose, O sweet! the misty shine Of those half-saddened, thoughtful eyes of thine, Whence Love looks forth, touched by the shadow of care; I would not miss the droop of thy dear mouth, The lips less dewy-red than when the South, -- The young South wind of passion sighed o'er them; I would not miss each delicate flower that blows On thy wan cheeks, soft as September's rose Blushing but faintly on its faltering stem; I would not miss the air of chastened grace Which breathed divinely from thy patient face, Tells of love's watchful anguish, merged in rest; Naught would I miss of all thou hast, or art, O! friend supreme, whose constant, stainless heart, Doth house unknowing, many an angel guest; Their presence keeps thy spiritual chambers pure; While the flesh fails, strong love grows more and more Divinely beautiful with perished years; Thus, at each slow, but surely deepening sign Of life's decay, we will not, Sweet! repine, Nor greet its mellowing close with thankless tears; Love's spring was fair, love's summer brave and bland, But through love's autumn mist I view the land, The land of deathless summers yet to be; There, I behold thee, young again and bright, In a great flood of rare transfiguring light, But there as here, thou smilest, Love! on me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY WIFE by GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNE VARIATION ON THE WORD SLEEP by MARGARET ATWOOD IN THE MONTH OF MAY by ROBERT BLY A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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