Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSES SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN THE NEW FOREST, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As in the woods, where leathery lichen weaves Last Line: Forgets his sorrows past, or gives them to the wind. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): New Forest, England | ||||||||
As in the woods, where leathery lichen weaves Its wint'ry web among the sallow leaves, Which (thro' cold months in whirling eddies blown) Decay beneath the branches once their own, From the brown shelter of their foliage sear, Spring the young blooms that lead the floral year: When, waked by vernal suns, the Pilewort dares Expand her spotted leaves, and shining stars; And (veins empurpling all her tassels pale) Bends the soft Wind-flower in the tepid gale; Uncultured bells of azure Jacinths blow, And the breeze-scenting Violet lurks below; So views the wanderer, with delighted eyes, Reviving hopes from black despondence rise, When, blighted by Adversity's chill breath, Those hopes had felt a temporary death; Then with gay heart he looks to future hours, When Love shall dress for him the Summer bowers! And, as delicious dreams enchant his mind, Forgets his sorrows past, or gives them to the wind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RED KING by CHARLES KINGSLEY SONNET TO THE FOREST YTENE by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 2. WRITTEN AT THE CLOSE OF SPRING by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 4. TO THE MOON by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 44. WRITTEN IN THE CHURCH YARD AT MIDDLETON IN SUSSEX by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 7. ON THE DEPARTURE OF THE NIGHTINGALE by CHARLOTTE SMITH THIRTY EIGHT. ADDRESSED TO MRS. H -- Y. by CHARLOTTE SMITH A DECSRIPTIVE ODE, ... UNDER THE RUINS OF RUFUS'S CASTLE by CHARLOTTE SMITH A WALK BY THE RIVER by CHARLOTTE SMITH A WALK IN THE SHRUBBERY by CHARLOTTE SMITH |
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