“ And then tales came of dwarfs on Starling Hill, And those young swimmers drowned at the roller mill, Where on the drowsiest noon the undertow Famishing for life boiled like a pot below: And how two higglers at the “Walnut Tree” Had curst the Lord in thunderstorm and He Had struck them into soot with lightning then— It left the pitchers whole, it killed the men. Many a lad and many a lass was named Who once stept bold and proud—but death had tamed Their revel on the eve of May: cut short The primrosing and promise of good sport, Shut up the score book, laid the ribbands by. ”
Summary
“Oxford poetry, 1920”, is a work by . It explores elements such as tramples, worldlihood and Smouldering.
Quotes from Oxford poetry, 1920 ()
“ That drags the world behind his flashing wheels, Bringer of life and change that is called death And vibrant longing, setter of an end To fear and doubt, a darting two-edged sword That heals the wounds created of itself, The crystal-veined one, in whose blood there flows The flame of life—in such wise apprehend Me standing here, and in such wise remark The honour I have done you. ”
“ Hope, and Love’s dreams the dim hills of the future adorning, Youth of the world, just awake to the glory of day— Is she not part of them, golden and fair and undaunted, Glad with the triumph of runners ahead in the race, Free as a child by no shadows or memories haunted, Challenging Death to his solemn and pitiful face? Sunset and dusk, and the stars of a mellow September, Sombre grey shadows, like Sleep stealing over the grass, Autumn leaves blown through the chill empty lanes of November, Sorrow enduring, though Youth with its rhapsodies pass ”
