A Day of Sunshine
O gift of God! O perfect day:
Whereon shall no man work, but play;
Whereon it is enough for me,
Not to be doing, but to be!
Through every fibre of my brain,
Through every nerve, through every vein,
I feel the electric thrill, the touch
Of life, that seems almost too much.
I hear the wind among the trees
Playing celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument.
And over me unrolls on high
The splendid scenery of the sky,
Where though a sapphire sea the sun
Sails like a golden galleon,
Towards yonder cloud-land in the West,
Towards yonder Islands of the Blest,
Whose steep sierra far uplifts
Its craggy summits white with drifts.
Blow, winds! and waft through all the rooms
The snow-flakes of the cherry-blooms!
Blow, winds! and bend within my reach
The fiery blossoms of the peach!
O Life and Love! O happy throng
Of thoughts, whose only speech is song!
O heart of man! canst thou not be
Blithe as the air is, and as free?
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Who wrote the poem "A Day of Sunshine"?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27,
1807 – March 24, 1882)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an
American poet and educator. He was one of the most famous American poets of the
19th century, both domestically and internationally, and was one of the few
American writers honored in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. Longfellow
was born in Portland, Maine (then still part of Massachusetts). He studied at
Bowdoin College and became a professor there and later at Harvard University.
His poems were known for their musicality, often including stories of mythology
and legend.
"A Day of Sunshine" explanation
In the poem, the speaker celebrates the
beauty of one particular sunny day. He celebrates the sky, sea, clouds,
mountains, and winds. The poem demonstrates the poet’s love for nature through
his masterful use of such literary devices as simile, imagery, and caesura.
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