In The Beginning Poem by Harriet Monroe

In The Beginning

Rating: 1.9


WHEN sunshine met the wave,
Then love was born;
Then Venus rose to save
A world forlorn.

For light a thousand wings
Of joy unfurled,
And bound with golden rings
The icy world.

And color flamed the earth
With glad desire,
Till life sprang to the birth,
Fire answering fire,

And so the world awoke,
And all was done,
When first the ocean spoke
Unto the sun.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 04 December 2015

If Harriet Monroe is number 409 on the top 500 poets, and if this poem of hers is good enough to be selected as poem of the day, why does it only have a rating of 3.7 out of ten, based on 274 votes? I wouldn't rate it QUITE that low, but it really isn't anything special.

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Darwin Henry Beuning 04 December 2015

Nice, but one of her poems that I love best is, A Play Festival in Ogden Park. I highly recommend everyone read it. I noticed the name of the poem first, as we have Ogden, Utah near me.

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M Asim Nehal 04 December 2015

Superb imagery and nice flow, I liked it well written.10

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Edward Kofi Louis 04 December 2015

With glad desire to respect nature. Nice work.

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Oladoyin Micheal 04 December 2015

'Tis a poem rich in alternating rhyme. What a nice poem!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 16 December 2021

Congratulations being chosen by PoemHunter and Team as The Poet Of The Day, hoorray! Gorgeously thought and written

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Sylvia Frances Chan 16 December 2021

So undescribable beautiful, loveliest worded by the great Poetess Harriet Monroe.5 Stars full for this gem in Classical poetry

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Sylvia Frances Chan 16 December 2021

The loveliest poem I ever read about The Beginning of the World, sooo very touching sweetest loveliest, I could jump based upon greatest joy and happiness

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Ratnakar Mandlik 27 January 2016

When Sunshine met the wave Then love was born Then Venus rose to save A world forlorn. Awesome write. Thanks for sharing.

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Terry Craddock 04 December 2015

I especially like the lines 'For light a thousand wings Of joy unfurled, And bound with golden rings The icy world. And color flamed the earth With glad desire, ' raises possibilities

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Harriet Monroe

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