Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUBADE, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS First Line: When fair hyperion dons his night attire Last Line: As storms in june or blossom-boughs in may. Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri Subject(s): Eyes; Flowers; Goddesses & Gods; Love; Mythology; Spring | ||||||||
When fair Hyperion dons his night attire, Purple and silver, and his eyes with sleep Go trembling, and the lids a-kissing keep, And up he wings the plains of heaven the higher, The starry meadows all uncurl and creep With twinkling shoots that tremble out and leap From buds into a blossoming of fire. When Spring, with primrose-fillet round her brows, Drifts on the dawn into the hyacinth west, And flings fresh handfuls hoarded in her nest Of tasty flowers, to Flora making vows, The snow leaps down the mountain-side, and, press'd With weight of leaves, the earth at happiest Rills into rivers thick from blossom-boughs. When Liris comes sometime at break of day To take the vervain-garlands from the door, I've hung there fresh with dew an hour before, And chances with soft eyes to look my way, My heart brims out with love, and crowding o'er, The passion-songs and rhythms spring and pour, As storms in June or blossom-boughs in May. | 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 COURT-MINSTREL by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS |
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