“ It’s my name that in joy rushes up to your lips! Yes, I’m young, oh, so young, and so little I know! A mere child that is learning to walk and to run; While I grasp at the shadows that wave to and fro I am dazzled a bit by the light of the Sun.{5} I am learning the lesson, I try to grow wise, But at night I am baffled and worn by the strife; I am humbled, and then there’s an impulse to rise, And a voice whispers, “Onward and win! This is Life!” ”
Robert Bridges
Summary
“Bramble Brae”, is a work by Robert Bridges. It explores elements such as C'est, The years and lungèd.
Quotes from Bramble Brae (Robert Bridges)
“ Heaves slowly the breast of the iron-sinewed giant; And the swift paddles fling, Like the down of a thistle, White foam from their blades, while the waters defiant Groan under their merciless tread; and the throb Of the heart grows exultingly faster; Now a race with a tug, and then it is past her— Glides under the bow of a stately Cunarder— The steel-lungèd giant breathing harder and harder While nearing the wharves of the City of Vanity To roll from its shoulders the load of humanity. ”
“ In woods the dead leaves rustle, and red squirrels cough And chatter and screech—chasing each other from limb To limb, and gather their stores at the roots of trees. And part of it all is a boy, and the heart of him Glows with the sumach, and sings with the Autumn breeze.{53} Down in the valley the ancient village rests, Drowsing along the curbs of its quaint old street; High and peaked are the roofs, and antique crests Are carved on the gables. Fair maids, discreet, Sit on the porches and talk with the passing youth ”
