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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OCTOBER, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: April adance in play Last Line: On the path of the dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2) Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall | |||
April adance in play met with his lover May where she came garlanded. The blossoming boughs o'erhead were thrill'd to bursting by the dazzle from the sky and the wild music there that shook the odorous air. Each moment some new birth hasten'd to deck the earth in the gay sunbeams. Between their kisses dreams: And dream and kiss were rife with laughter of mortal life. But this late day of golden fall is still as a picture upon a wall or a poem in a book lying open unread. Or whatever else is shrined when theVirgin hath vanishèd: Footsteps of eternal Mind on the path of the dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR AUTUMN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN AN AUTUMN JOY by GEORGE ARNOLD A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A LETTER IN OCTOBER by TED KOOSER AUTUMN EVENING by DAVID LEHMAN EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV A PASSER-BY by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES |
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