Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLOOM, by HERBERT TRENCH Poet's Biography First Line: Who are these ancients, gnarl'd and moss'd Last Line: Sweetness in stormy air. Subject(s): Plants; Trres | ||||||||
WHO are these ancients, gnarl'd and moss'd and weigh'd This way and that, under the sluggard blue And shine of morning -- these whose arms are laid Low to the grasses and the sheets of dew -- These bowers rugged within and thickly knit, But feather'd over with a roseate white So frail that the breeze's touch dismantles it And brings from cradled nurseries in flight -- Snow-soft -- the petals down In shadows green to drown? We are the matrons. Bent are we and riven Under such years of ripeness manifold That unto us a special grace is given, -- To wear a virgin's beauty being old. Noiseless we wear it; round us in the croft These whisperers are leaves of other trees, Babblers that have not learn'd by fruitage oft To shade the heart with wide serenities On tendons knit to bear Sweetness in stormy air. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WINTER SONG; TO ALICE MEYNELL by HERBERT TRENCH AN ODE TO BEAUTY by HERBERT TRENCH BE NOT AFRAID by HERBERT TRENCH BITTER SERENADE by HERBERT TRENCH CHANT SUNG IN DARKNESS by HERBERT TRENCH CHORUS AT THE GREEN BEAR INN by HERBERT TRENCH DAUGHTERS OF JOY by HERBERT TRENCH DEIRDRE DANCING by HERBERT TRENCH |
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