Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Yellow Marigold

Pictures From Spring Valley

Yellow Marigold

Marigolds are the subject of quite a few poems. Here is part of one, by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester:
THE MARIGOLD

When with a serious musing I behold
The grateful and obsequious marigold,
How duly, ev'ry morning, she displays
Her open breast, when Titan spreads his rays;
How she observes him in his daily walk,
Still bending towards him her tender stalk;
How, when he down declines, she droops and mourns,
Bedew'd, as 'twere, with tears, till he returns;
And how she veils her flow'rs when he is gone,
As if she scorned to be looked on
By an inferior eye, or did contemn
To wait upon a meaner light than him;
When this I meditate, methinks the flowers
Have spirits far more generous than ours,
And give us fair examples to despise
The servile fawnings and idolatries
Wherewith we court these earthly things below,
Which merit not the service we bestow.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous yellow. I like the poem.

Anonymous said...

Marigolds certainly are pretty, no wonder they are the subject of many poems.

Susanna said...

What beautiful little ruffles--so intricate!

Anonymous said...

Looks like the sun!

Anonymous said...

Wow! What a flourescent yellow!!