Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG IN SPRING, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poet's Biography First Line: Wild bees that rifle the mango blossom Last Line: Their lips have tasted the purple sea. Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Old Age; Spring | ||||||||
WILD bees that rifle the mango blossom, Set free awhile from the love-god's string, Wild birds that sway in the citron branches, Drunk with the rich, red honey of spring, Fireflies weaving aërial dances In fragile rhythms of flickering gold, What do you know in your blithe, brief season Of dreams deferred and a heart grown old? But the wise winds know, as they pause to slacken The speed of their subtle, omniscient flight, Divining the magic of unblown lilies, Foretelling the stars of the unborn night. They have followed the hurrying feet of pilgrims, Tracking swift prayers to their utmost goals, They have spied on Love's old and changeless secret, And the changing sorrow of human souls. They have tarried with Death in her parleying-places, And issued the word of her high decree, Their wings have winnowed the garnered sunlight, Their lips have tasted the purple sea. | 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 CHALLENGE TO FATE by SAROJINI NAIDU |
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