The Vanishing Poem by John Ackerman
The Vanishing
Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around.
Full swell the woods; their every music wakes,
Mix'd in wild concert, with the warbling brooks
Increased, the distant bleatings of the hills,
And hollow lows responsive from the vales,
Whence, blending all, the sweeten'd zephyr springs.
Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud,
Bestriding earth, the grand ethereal bow
Shoots up immense; and every hue unfolds,
In fair proportion running from the red
To where the violet fades into the sky.
Here, awful Newton, the dissolving clouds
Form, fronting on the sun, thy showery prism;
And to the sage-instructed eye unfold
The various twine of light, by thee disclosed
From the white mingling maze. Not so the boy;
He wondering views the bright enchantment bend,
Delightful, o'er the radiant fields, and runs
To catch the falling glory; but amazed
Beholds th' amusive arch before him fly,
Then vanish quite away.
From the vales! ! With the muse of the light! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
'Delightful, o'er the radiant fields, and runs To catch the falling glory; but amazed Beholds th' amusive arch before him fly, Then vanish quite away.' - Loved these concluding lines.
the whole poem is full of imagery and metaphoric, such as Moist, bright, and green, the smiling landscape, swelling the woods, warbling brooks, bleatings of the hills, sweeten'd spring zephyr, retracting yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, red to the fading violet, twine of light, white mingling maze.....great really; enjoyable also........congrats
The various twine of light, by thee disclosed From the white mingling maze. Not so the boy; He wondering views the bright enchantment bend, Delightful, o'er the radiant fields, .....superb and fantastic poem penned; congrats for being selected this poem as POD......deserves 10++
This is such a beautifully expressive poem about a boy experiencing the glories of nature around him. I liked it very much, especially the imagery.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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I don't understand. It says the poem is by John Ackerman, but the note seems to suggest otherwise. And why is the poem illustrated in this way? At any rate, it read more like a classic lyric than modern verse. Was it a translation? I am confused. The only John Ackerman I found is a literary critic.