Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MONADNOCK IN OCTOBER, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: Uprose monadnock in the northern blue Last Line: About monadnock builded to the lord! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Monadnock (mountain), New Hampshire; New Hampshire; October | ||||||||
UPROSE Monadnock in the northern blue, A mighty minster builded to the Lord! The setting sun his crimson radiance threw On crest, and steep, and wood, and valley sward, Blending their myriad hues in rich accord, Till, like the wall of heaven, it towered to view. Along its slope, where russet ferns were strewn And purple heaths, the scarlet maples flamed, And reddening oaks and golden birches shone Resplendent oriels in the black pines framed, The pines that climb to woo the winds alone. And down its cloisters blew the evening breeze, Through courts and aisles ablaze with autumn bloom, Till shrine and portal thrilled to harmonies Now soaring, dying now in glade and gloom. And with the wind was heard the voice of streams Constant their Aves and Te Deums be Lone Ashuelot murmuring down the lea, And brooks that haste where shy Contoocook gleams Through groves and meadows, broadening to the sea. Then holy twilight fell on earth and air, Above the dome the stars hung faint and fair, And the vast minster hushed its shrines in prayer; While all the lesser heights kept watch and ward About Monadnock builded to the Lord! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FACING INTO IT; FOR LARRY LEVIS by ELEANOR WILNER A VAGABOND SONG by BLISS CARMAN THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: OCTOBER by EDMUND SPENSER LATE AUTUMN by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM OCTOBER by MARIE DAVIES WARREN BECKNER OCTOER WOODS by EMMA INGOLD BOST NORTH WIND IN OCTOBER by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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