Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPRING SONG, by RAY CLARKE ROSE First Line: When a song is in the wind Last Line: When a song is in the wind. Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Solitude; Spring; Loneliness | ||||||||
When a song is in the wind And the sapling whispereth As a child will catch its breath, Telling good news long confined, Then I know the spring is come And its hosts with full accord Soon will praise the sun, their Lord, In a mild delirium. Once again the high-arched door Of life's vernal temple swings Open, and gay blossomings Strew its green mosaic floor; Once again the choristers Of the erst chill solitudes Pipe their anthems in the woods, Filled with humble worshipers. Ah, I know that life is fair When the sigh of spring is heard, And my lonely heart is stirred By the music echoed there! But I know that love is blind, For I still may not rejoice No! I miss a loved one's voice When a song is in the wind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES A BACHELOR'S VALENTINE by RAY CLARKE ROSE |
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