Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HINT OF SPRING, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twas but a hint of spring - for Last Line: And sniffed again -- so good I felt! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Nature; Spring | ||||||||
'TWAS but a hint of Spring -- for still The atmosphere was sharp and chill, Save where the genial sunshine smote The shoulders of my overcoat, And o'er the snow beneath my feet Laid spectral fences down the street. My shadow, even, seemed to be Elate with some new buoyancy, And bowed and bobbed in my advance With trippingest extravagance, And, when the birds chirpt out somewhere, It seemed to wheel with me and stare. Above I heard a rasping stir -- And on a roof the carpenter Was perched, and prodding rusty leaves From out the choked and dripping eaves -- And some one, hammering about, Was taking all the windows out. Old scraps of shingles fell before The noisy mansion's open door; And wrangling children raked the yard, And labored much, and laughed as hard, And fired the burning trash I smelt And sniffed again -- so good I felt! | 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 BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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