First published in MacMillan's Magazine in 1866, it begins with the line "How changed is here each spot man makes or fills," and was dedicated to the author of such poems as "Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth."
This poem describes the coming of "Midsummer" by cataloging the flowers that will bloom, including the "musk carnations" and the "gold-dusted snapdragons." Another of its sections describes the ability of a flute player to "make leap up with joy the beauteous head/ of Proserpine" so that she recalls the Dorian fields she left behind. Its speaker laments that his visits now are rare and that his own "pipe is lost," before declaring "alack, for Corydon, no rival now." Throughout this poem, the speaker mentions such landmarks as "Wytham Flats" and "Childsworth Farm," both located near Oxford where the title character once roamed. First published in MacMillan's Magazine in 1866, it begins with the line "How changed is here each spot man makes or fills," and was dedicated to the author of such poems as "Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth." For 10 points, name this monody written to commemorate Arthur Hugh Clough, a work by Matthew Arnold.
This poem describes the coming of "Midsummer" by cataloging the flowers that will bloom, including the "musk carnations" and the "gold-dusted snapdragons."
"Thyrsis"