Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SPIREA, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of all the subtle fires of earth Last Line: Paled like a bridal rose. Subject(s): Southern States; Spiraea (plant); South (u.s.) | ||||||||
OF all the subtle fires of earth Which rise in form of spring-time flowers, Oh, say if aught of purer birth Is nursed by suns and showers Than this fair plant, whose stems are bowed In such lithe curves of maiden grace, Veiled in white blossoms like a cloud Of daintiest bridal lace? So rare, so soft, its blossoms seem Half woven of moonshine's misty bars, And tremulous as the tender gleam Of the far Southland stars. Perchance -- who knows? -- some virgin bright, Some loveliest of the Dryad race, Pours through these flowers the kindling light Of her Arcadian face. Nor would I marvel overmuch If from yon pines a wood-god came, And with a bridegroom's lips should touch Her conscious heart to flame; While she, revealed at that strange tryst, In all her mystic beauty glows, Lifting the cheek her Love had kissed, Paled like a bridal rose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MYSTIC RIVER by GALWAY KINNELL ENTERING THE SOUTH by LUCILLE CLIFTON SNAPSHOTS OF THE COTTON SOUTH by FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS JULY IN GEORGY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON O SOUTHLAND! by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MY SOUTH: 1. ON THE PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE MY SOUTH: 3. ON THE FARM by DONALD JUSTICE A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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