The speaker of this poem is excited by the appearance of "a troop of Oxford hunters going home." The speaker looks forward to the advent of musk carnations, "gold-dusted snapdragon," and other "high Midsummer pomps." The final stanza of this poem asks "Why faintest thou?" and "Dost thou ask proof?" This poem describes "that sweet City with her dreaming spires" who "needs not June for beauty's heightening." The speaker of this poem laments that "too rare, too rare, grow my visits now" to the central location. The first stanza of this poem recalls the old days when "we still had" the title character, whose death causes the speaker to lament "the bloom is gone, and with the bloom go I." Scattered throughout this poem are references to the author's previous poem "The Scholar-Gipsy." For 10 points, name this monody for Arthur Hugh Clough by Matthew Arnold.
The speaker of this poem is excited by the appearance of "a troop of Oxford hunters going home." The speaker looks forward to the advent of musk carnations, "gold-dusted snapdragon," and other "high Midsummer pomps." The final stanza of this poem asks "Why faintest thou?" and "Dost thou ask proof?" This poem describes "that sweet City with her dreaming spires" who "needs not June for beauty's heightening." The speaker of this poem laments that "too rare, too rare, grow my visits now" to the central location. The first stanza of this poem recalls the old days when "we still had" the title character, whose death causes the speaker to lament "the bloom is gone, and with the bloom go I." Scattered throughout this poem are references to the author's previous poem "The Scholar-Gipsy." For 10 points, name this monody for Arthur Hugh Clough by Matthew Arnold.
The speaker of this poem is excited by the appearance of "a troop of Oxford hunters going home.
"Thyrsis"