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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE IN THE HEATH, by ANNETTE ELISABETH VON DROSTE-HULSHOFF First Line: Beneath yon fir trees in the west Last Line: The christ is born this even? Alternate Author Name(s): Droste-hulshoff, Annette Von | |||
BENEATH yon fir trees in the west, The sunset round it glowing, A cottage lies like bird on nest, With thatch roof hardly showing. And there across the window-sill Leans out a white-starred heifer; She snorts and stamps, then breathes her fill Of evening's balmy zephyr. Near-by reposes, hedged with thorn, A garden neatly tended; The sunflower looks about with scorn; The bell-flower's head is bended. And in the garden kneels a child, She weeds or merely dallies, A lily plucks with gesture mild And wanders down the alleys. A shepherd group in distance dim Lie stretched upon the heather, And with a simple evening hymn Wake the still breeze together. And from the roomy threshing hall The hammer strokes ring cheery, The plane gives forth a crunching drawl, The rasping saw sounds weary. The evening star now greets the scene And smoothly soars above it, And o'er the cottage stands serene; He seems in truth to love it. A vision with such beauty crowned, Had pious monks observed it, They straight upon a golden ground Had painted and preserved it. The carpenter, the herdsmen there A pious choral sounding; The maiden with the lily fair, And peace the whole surrounding; The wondrous star that beams on all From out the fields of heaven— May it not be that in the stall The Christ is born this even? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PENTECOST by ANNETTE ELISABETH VON DROSTE-HULSHOFF THE BOY ON THE MOOR by ANNETTE ELISABETH VON DROSTE-HULSHOFF THE DESOLATE HOUSE by ANNETTE ELISABETH VON DROSTE-HULSHOFF THE BIRDS OF VIETNAM by HAYDEN CARRUTH FORECLOSURE by STERLING ALLEN BROWN THE RESOLVE by MARY LEE CHUDLEIGH YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE CENTAURS by JAMES STEPHENS RIVER OF SEVILLE by AL-KUTANDI |
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