John Drinkwater Bright Poems
- 1. Gold
There is a castle on a hill,
So far into the sky,
That birds that from the valley-beds
Up to the turrets fly,
... - 2. The Maid Of Naaman's Wife
That was the proud woman, Naaman's wife.
Basking at noon under the Syrian fans,
While Naaman, the leprous mighty captain,
Proud glowing flesh now silver-skinned and tainted,
... - 3. David And Jonathan
And Jonathan too had honour in his heart,
Jonathan who with an armour-bearer went
Alone by Michmash to the Philistines,
And met a spray of swords because of courage
... - 4. Burning Bush
From babyhood I have known the beauty of earth,
I learnt it, I think, in the strange months before birth,
I learnt it passing and passing by each moon
From the harvest month into my natal June.
... - 5. Chorus From 'lincoln'
You who have gone gathering
Cornflowers and meadowsweet,
Heard the hazels glancing down
On September eves,
... - 6. May Garden
A shower of green gems on my apple tree
This first morning of May
Has fallen out of the night, to be
Herald of holiday -
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