The sun is gone down
And the moon's in the sky
But the sun will come up
And the moon be laid by.
The flower is asleep.
But it is not dead,
When the morning shines
It will lift its head.
When winter comes
It will die! No, no,
It will only hide
From the frost and snow.
Sure is the summer,
Sure is the sun;
The night and the winter
Away they run.
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Great Poem
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This may have been written as a 'children's' poem by Macdonald but, to my mind, there is a lot of meaning that would be missed by thinking of it as 'childish'.
The idea of the seasons following each other and personifying them by suggesting one kills another is an ancient theme. This is also mirrored in the sun chasing the moon both of which were regarded as Gods by early man.
For a child perhaps but definitely not childish. -
Kind of reminds one of spring coming in a way. Good flow, easy to read and understand, liked the rhythm and rhyme too. Am enjoying reading these old poets -
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I know McDonald wrote a lot of kids stuff, novels I know for sure. I'm assuming this poem was written for children, because if not...well, read it.
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That pretty interesting. WHy is it the category dark though? I that is rather nice and hopeful, although the winter frost comes it still somehow survives.
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