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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON ST. JAMES PARK, AS LATELY IMPROVED BY HIS MAJESTY, by EDMUND WALLER Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of the first paradice there's nothing found Subject(s): Parks | |||
Ah, lovely park! where oft the Muses play'd, And poets sung their Amaryllis' shade; Ah, fearless now of rav'nous foes you lie, Safe in your Charles's love and majesty. So, when proud Lucifer did war declare Against th' Almighty Monarch of the air, The frighted angels, clad in sober weed, Their armies rang'd, and for his safety pray'd. First, in thy soil a lake I would have made, With nymphs and tritons dancing in its shade: It's crystal streams should glide so smoothly by, The silver fishes in the waves should fry; On the clear banks the flow'rs should rise so gay, Their wealthy beauty should the sight betray. The lively birds should all about it fly, And build their nests amidst the boughs hard by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LEDA HIDDEN by KENNETH REXROTH PARK IN THE PUBLIC'S OR IN THE PUBLIC, PARKS by KENNETH REXROTH THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 3 by KENNETH REXROTH THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 4 by KENNETH REXROTH THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 5 by KENNETH REXROTH ONE POSSIBLE MEANING by CHARLIE SMITH METAPHORS OF THE TREE by RUTH STONE PATERSON: BOOK 2. SUNDAY IN THE PARK by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS OF A FAIR LADY PLAYING WITH A SNAKE by EDMUND WALLER |
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