Natural History Verse: An AnthologyGerry Cotter An anthology of nature poetry mainly from the 19th century onwards. The poems are divided into categories, illustrating how styles have changed from the poetry of the Romantics to the realism of the 20th century. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 22
Page 307
... rains . They began , as I foresaw , at sunset with a violent tempest of hail and rain , attended by that magnificent thunder and lightning peculiar to the Cisalpine regions . The phenomenon alluded to at the conclusion of the third ...
... rains . They began , as I foresaw , at sunset with a violent tempest of hail and rain , attended by that magnificent thunder and lightning peculiar to the Cisalpine regions . The phenomenon alluded to at the conclusion of the third ...
Page 308
... rain and lightning : there are spread On the blue surface of thin aƫry surge , Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad , even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's height , The locks of the ...
... rain and lightning : there are spread On the blue surface of thin aƫry surge , Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad , even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's height , The locks of the ...
Page 317
... Rain The rain of a night and a day and a night Stops at the light Of this pale choked day . The peering sun Sees what has been done . The road under the trees has a border new Of purple hue Inside the border of bright thin grass : For ...
... Rain The rain of a night and a day and a night Stops at the light Of this pale choked day . The peering sun Sees what has been done . The road under the trees has a border new Of purple hue Inside the border of bright thin grass : For ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 1 |
BIRDS | 15 |
On Scaring some Waterfowl Robert Burns | 21 |
Copyright | |
47 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
A. C. BENSON Autumn beauty beneath birds bloom blue boughs breath bright brook clouds D. H. LAWRENCE daisies dark dead deep delight dost doth dream earth Emily Dickinson eyes fear fish flood flowers forest Frost GEORGE AMABILE GEORGE MEREDITH gleam glide gloom golden grass green hath haunts hear heart heaven hills JOHN CLARE leaves light lonely look Marianne Moore marsh marshes of Glynn moon mountains Nature nest never night o'er PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY pine Poems poetry purple quiet rain river roaring ROBERT ROBERT BRIDGES Robert Frost rock round shade shadow shine shore silent sing skies sleep snow soft song soul Spring stream summer sweet thee thine things THOMAS HARDY thou art thro trees voice wandering warm waters waves weeds wild WILLIAM WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings winter woods zunny woodlands