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Poem
April 6, 1793
The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
The poem personifies the four seasons as fleeting stages of human life, from youthful spring to the deathly winter, emphasizing transience and mortality.
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SACRED TO THE MUSES.
THE SEASONS.
Now mild the balmy breath of Spring!
How fair the sporting vernal sky!
Hark! how the woodland minstrels sing!
Hark! how the whispering zephyrs sigh!
Usurping Summer hastes the scene,
And boldly flames in brighter day;
How transient is his fervid beam!
Shot but to dazzle and decay.
Brown Autumn comes in solemn mood,
Unlocks her bounteous stores in vain;
How quick her withering honors fade!
How faint her strength, how short her reign!
See Winter scarce, in mad career!
Expiring nature blooms no more,
No flowers now to deck the year,
For music, hark! the tempest roar!
Thus life's progressive seasons pass:
Our vernal blush, our riper bloom,
Our sober autumn's sinking glass,
Sad prelude to a wintry tomb!
THE SEASONS.
Now mild the balmy breath of Spring!
How fair the sporting vernal sky!
Hark! how the woodland minstrels sing!
Hark! how the whispering zephyrs sigh!
Usurping Summer hastes the scene,
And boldly flames in brighter day;
How transient is his fervid beam!
Shot but to dazzle and decay.
Brown Autumn comes in solemn mood,
Unlocks her bounteous stores in vain;
How quick her withering honors fade!
How faint her strength, how short her reign!
See Winter scarce, in mad career!
Expiring nature blooms no more,
No flowers now to deck the year,
For music, hark! the tempest roar!
Thus life's progressive seasons pass:
Our vernal blush, our riper bloom,
Our sober autumn's sinking glass,
Sad prelude to a wintry tomb!
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
Pastoral
What themes does it cover?
Nature Seasons
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Seasons
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Life Stages
Transience
Mortality
Poem Details
Title
The Seasons.
Key Lines
Thus Life's Progressive Seasons Pass:
Our Vernal Blush, Our Riper Bloom,
Our Sober Autumn's Sinking Glass,
Sad Prelude To A Wintry Tomb!