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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OZARKS PICTURESQUE, by DORIS ELIZABETH KROETER First Line: Purpling hills, with silver mist enshrining Last Line: Thanking god that beauty fills his soul. Subject(s): Beauty; Ozarks (mountains) | |||
Purpling hills, with silver mist enshrining The soft velvet green of infant wheat; The river like a silver nymph reclining Amid the blossoms growing at our feet. The scarlet berries of the early haw, The waxen green of native laurel leaves; The tiny budding fruit of lush paw-paw, Solomon seal like pearls bound in fragrant sheaves. The purple-scarlet of the red bud tree, Flung against the list of dogwood white; The two now mingle with the wild cherry Whose first sweet blossoms gladden travelers' sight. The wild plums' creamy blossoms heavily sweet, Lazy drone of bees at honey making; The world would not have been complete Unless God made the Ozarks at awakening. The croak of frogs in duckweed-laden pond The song of katydid secluded in the grass; The chirp of cricket on a lily frond Silenced when the wild things pass. The zoom of dragonflies that glide Like living jewels o'er limpid gem; What beauty in our Ozark countryside To reach the gladdened eye of men! The worker, sweating at the plow, Lapping soil in cool, deep roll, Stops for a second as he works enow, Thanking God that beauty fills his soul. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NIGHT IN THE OZARKS by OPAL HARDAWAY MOONLIGHT: CHICKENS ON THE ROAD by ROBERT WRIGLEY GOAL by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELIZABETH CHILDERS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FROM THE DARK TOWER by COUNTEE CULLEN SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 109 by PETRARCH HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 40 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH THE WIND AND STREAM by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE TRAIL OF NO RETURN by JESSIE JANE HUSSEY CASKEY |
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