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TO A WOOD…VIOLET



In this secluded shrine;

O miracle of grace;

No mortal eye but mine

Hath looked upon thy face。



No shadow but mine own

Hath screened thee from the sight

Of Heaven; whose love alone

Hath led me to thy light。



Whereof … as shade to shade

Is wedded in the sun …

A moment's glance hath made

Our souls forever one。



John Banister Tabb '1845…1909'





THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE



The violet in the wood; that's sweet to…day;

Is longer sweet than roses of red June;

Set me sweet violets along my way;

And bid the red rose flower; but not too soon。

Ah violet; ah rose; why not the two?

Why bloom not all fair flowers the whole year through?

Why not the two; young violet; ripe rose?

Why dies one sweetness when another blows?



Augusta Webster '1837…1894'






TO A WIND…FLOWER



Teach me the secret of thy loveliness;

That; being made wise; I may aspire to be

As beautiful in thought; and so express

Immortal truths to earth's mortality;

Though to my soul ability be less

Than 'tis to thee; O sweet anemone。



Teach me the secret of thy innocence;

That in simplicity I may grow wise;

Asking from Art no other recompense

Than the approval of her own just eyes;

So may I rise to some fair eminence;

Though less than thine; O cousin of the skies。



Teach me these things; through whose high knowledge; I; …

When Death hath poured oblivion through my veins;

And brought me home; as all are brought; to lie

In that vast house; common to serfs and thanes; …

I shall not die; I shall not utterly die;

For beauty born of beauty … that remains。



Madison Cawein '1865…1914'





TO BLOSSOMS



Fair pledges of a fruitful tree;

Why do ye fall so fast?

Your date is not so past

But you may stay yet here awhile

To blush and gently smile;

And go at last。



What! were ye born to be

An hour or half's delight;

And so to bid good…night?

'Twas pity Nature brought you forth

Merely to show your worth

And lose you quite。



But you are lovely leaves; where we

May read how soon things have

Their end; though ne'er so brave:

And after they have shown their pride

Like you awhile; they glide

Into the grave。



Robert Herrick '1591…1674'





〃TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER〃



'Tis the last rose of summer;

Left blooming alone;

All her lovely companions

Are faded and gone;

No flower of her kindred;

No rose…bud is nigh;

To reflect back her blushes;

Or give sigh for sigh。



I'll not leave thee; thou lone one!

To pine on the stem;

Since the lovely are sleeping;

Go; sleep thou with them。

Thus kindly I scatter

Thy leaves o'er the bed

Where thy mates of the garden

Lie scentless and dead。



So soon may I follow;

When friendships decay;

And from Love's shining circle

The gems drop away。

When true hearts lie withered;

And fond ones are flown;

O who would inhabit

This bleak world alone?



Thomas Moore '1779…1852'





THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS



The melancholy days are come; the saddest of the year;

Of wailing winds; and naked woods; and meadows brown and sere。

Heaped in the hollows of the grove; the autumn leaves lie dead;

They rustle to the eddying gust; and to the rabbit's tread;

The robin and the wren are flown; and from the shrubs the jay;

And from the wood…top calls the crow through all the gloomy day。



Where are the flowers; the fair young flowers; that lately sprang and stood

In brighter light and softer airs; a beauteous sisterhood?

Alas! they all are in their graves; the gentle race of flowers

Are lying in their lowly beds; with the fair and good of ours。

The rain is falling where they lie; but the cold November rain

Calls not from out the gloomy earth the lovely ones again。



The wind…flower and the violet; they perished long ago;

And the brier…rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;

But on the hill the golden…rod; and the aster in the wood;

And the yellow sun…flower by the brook; in autumn beauty stood;

Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven; as falls the plague on men;

And the brightness of their smile was gone; from upland; glade; and glen。



And now; when comes the calm mild day; as still such days will come;

To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home;

When the sound of dropping nuts is heard; though all the trees are still;

And twinkle in the smoky light the waters of the rill;

The south wind searches for the flowers whose fragrance late he bore;

And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more。



And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died;

The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded by my side。

In the cold moist earth we laid her; when the forest cast the leaf;

And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief:

Yet not unmeet it was that one like that young friend of ours;

So gentle and so beautiful; should perish with the flowers。



William Cullen Bryant '1794…1878'















GOD'S CREATURES













ONCE ON A TIME



Once on a time I used to dream

Strange spirits moved about my way;

And I might catch a vagrant gleam;

A glint of pixy or of fay;

Their lives were mingled with my own;

So far they roamed; so near they drew;

And when I from a child had grown;

I woke … and found my dream was true。



For one is clad in coat of fur;

And one is decked with feathers gay;

Another; wiser; will prefer

A sober suit of Quaker gray:

This one's your servant from his birth;

And that a Princess you must please;

And this one loves to wake your mirth;

And that one likes to share your ease。



O gracious creatures; tiny souls!

You seem so near; so far away;

Yet while the cloudland round us rolls;

We love you better every day。




Margaret Benson '18 …





TO A MOUSE

On Turning Up Her Nest With The Plow; November; 1785



Wee; sleekit; cow'rin'; tim'rous beastie;

O; what a panic's in thy breastie!

Thou need na start awa' sae hasty;

Wi' bickering brattle!

I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee;

Wi' murd'ring pattle!



I'm truly sorry man's dominion

Has broken Nature's social union;

An' justifies that ill opinion;

Which makes thee startle

At me; thy poor; earth…born companion;

An' fellow…mortal!



I doubt na; whiles; but thou may thieve;

What then? poor beastie; thou maun live!

A daimen icker in a thrave

'S a sma' request;

I'll get a blessin' wi' the laive; 

And never miss't!



Thy wee bit housie; too; in ruin!

Its silly wa's the win's are strewin'!

An' naething; now; to big a new ane;

O' faggage green! 

An' bleak December's winds ensuin';

Baith snell an' keen!



Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste;

An' weary winter comin' fast;

An' cozie here; beneath the blast;

Thou thought to dwell; …

Till; crash! the cruel coulter passed


Out through thy cell。



That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble

Has cost thee mony a weary nibble!

Now thou's turned out; for a' thy trouble;

But house or hald;

To thole the winter's sleety dribble;

An' cranreuch cauld!



But; Mousie; thou art no thy lane;

In proving foresight may be vain: …

The best…laid schemes o' mice an' men;

Gang aft a…gley;

An' lea'e us naught but grief an' pain;

For promised joy!



Still thou art blest; compared wi' me!

The present only toucheth thee:

But; och! I backward cast my e'e

On prospects drear!

An' forward; though I canna see;

I guess an' fear!



Robert Burns '1759…1796'





THE GRASSHOPPER



Happy insect; what can be

In happiness compared to thee?

Fed with nourishment divine;

The dewy morning's gentle wine!

Nature waits upon thee still;

And thy verdant cup does fill;

'Tis filled wherever thou dost tread;

Nature's self's thy Ganymede。

Thou dost drink; and dance; and sing;

Happier than the happiest king!

All the fields which thou dost see;

All the plants belong to thee;

All the summer hours produce;

Fertile made with early juice。

Man for thee does sow and plow;

Farmer he; and landlord thou!

Thou dost innocently enjoy;

Nor does thy luxury destroy。

The shepherd gladly heareth thee;

More harmonious than he。

Thee country hinds with gladness hear;

Prophet of the ripened year! 

Thee Phoebus loves; and does inspire

Phoebus is himself thy sire。

To thee; of all things upon earth;

Life is no longer than thy mirth。

Happy insect! happy thou;

Dost neither age nor winter know;

But when thou'st drunk; and danced; and sung

Thy fill; the flowery leaves among;

(Voluptuous and wise withal;

Epicurean animal!) 

Sated with thy summer feast;

Thou retir'st to endless rest。



After Anacreon; by Abraham Cowley '1618…1667'





ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET



The poetry of earth is never dead:

When all the birds are faint with the hot sun;

And hide in cooling trees; a voice will run 

From hedge to hedge about the new…mown mead:

That is the Grasshopper's … he takes the lead

In summer luxury; … he has never done

With his delights; for when tired out with fun;

He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed。

The poetry of earth is ceasing never:

On a lone winter evening; when the frost

Has wrought a silence; from the stove there shrills

The Cricket's song; in warmth increasing ever;

And seems to one in drowsiness half…lost;

The Grasshopper's among the grassy hills。



John Keats '1795…1821'





TO THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET



Green little vaulter in the sunny grass;

Catching your heart up at the feel of June;

Sole voice that's heard amidst the lazy noon;

When even the bees lag at the summoning brass;

And you; warm little housekeeper; who class

With those who think the candles come too soon;

Loving the fire; and with your tricksome tune

Nick the glad silent moments as they pass;

O sweet and tiny cousins; t
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