A Calendar of Sonnets: July

Helen Hunt Jackson 1830 (Amherst, Massachusetts) – 1885 (San Francisco)



Some flowers are withered and some joys have died;
The garden reeks with an East Indian scent
From beds where gillyflowers stand weak and spent;
The white heat pales the skies from side to side;
But in still lakes and rivers, cool, content,
Like starry blooms on a new firmament,
White lilies float and regally abide.
In vain the cruel skies their hot rays shed;
The lily does not feel their brazen glare.
In vain the pallid clouds refuse to share
Their dews, the lily feels no thirst, no dread.
Unharmed she lifts her queenly face and head;
She drinks of living waters and keeps fair.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABBABAACDDCCD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 593
Words 108
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

Helen Hunt Jackson

Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske, was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the United States government. more…

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