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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE WYE IN MAY, by AMY LEVY Poet's Biography First Line: Now is the perfect moment of the year Last Line: Where first and best and last shall be the same. Subject(s): Spring; Wye (river), Great Britain | |||
NOW is the perfect moment of the year. Half naked branches, half a mist of green, Vivid and delicate the slopes appear ; The cool, soft air is neither fierce nor keen, And in the temperate sun we feel no fear ; Of all the hours which shall be and have been, It is the briefest as it is most dear, It is the dearest as the shortest seen. O it was best, beloved, at the first. -- Our hands met gently, and our meeting sight Was steady ; on our senses scarce had burst The faint, fresh fragrance of the new delight. . . . I seek that clime, unknown, without a name, Where first and best and last shall be the same. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LONDON PLANE-TREE by AMY LEVY EPITAPH (ON A COMMONPLACE PERSON WHO DIED IN BED) by AMY LEVY IN THE MILE END ROAD by AMY LEVY A CROSS-ROAD EPITAPH by AMY LEVY A GAME OF LAWN TENNIS by AMY LEVY |
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