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Elegy In April And September (jabbered among the trees)

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ELEGY IN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER by WILFRED OWEN *(jabbered among the trees)* 1 Hush, thrush! Hush, missel-thrush, I listen... I heard the flush of footsteps through loose leaves, And a low whistle by the water's brim. Still! daffodil! Nay, hail me not so gaily,--- Your gay gold lily daunts me and deceives, Who follow gleams more golden and more slim. Look, brook! O run and look, O run! The vain reeds shook?---Yet search till grey sea heaves, And I will stray among these fields for him. Gaze, daisy! Stare through haze and glare, And mark the hazardous stars all dawns and eves, For my eye withers, and his star wanes dim. 2 Close, rose, and droop, heliotrope, And shudder, hope! The shattering winter blows. Drop, heliotrope, and close, rose... Mourn, corn, and sigh, rye. Men garner you, but youth's head lies forlorn. Sigh, rye, and mourn, corn... Brood, wood, and muse, yews, The ways gods use we have not understood. Muse, yews, and brood, wood ...
Title
Elegy In April And September (jabbered among the trees)
Author
Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)
Item date
1983
Content
Poem
Copyright
The Estate of Wilfred Owen. The Complete Poems and Fragments of Wilfred Owen edited by Jon Stallworthy first published by Chatto & Windus, 1983. Preliminaries, introductory, editorial matter, manuscripts and fragments omitted.
Digital repository
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Repository name
ProQuest
Repository address URL
http://literature.proquest.com/
First line
Hush, thrush! Hush, missel-thrush, I listen …
Publication source
The Complete Poems and Fragments of Wilfred Owen
Publication editor
Stallworthy, Jon
Publishers
Chatto & Windus
Publication place
London

Citation

“Elegy In April And September (jabbered among the trees),” by Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918). The Estate of Wilfred Owen. The Complete Poems and Fragments of Wilfred Owen edited by Jon Stallworthy first published by Chatto & Windus, 1983. Preliminaries, introductory, editorial matter, manuscripts and fragments omitted. via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 21, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3304.

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