Go not, happy day...
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Go not, happy day... - meaning Summary
Joyful Announcement of Love
Tennyson’s lyric celebrates a single joyful moment: a maiden’s consenting Yes
that turns a day into bliss. The speaker urges the “happy day” to linger while the news of her acceptance spreads like a blush across lands and seas. Repeated rose and color imagery links physical beauty with communal rejoicing, suggesting love’s power to transform local feeling into a universal, celebratory response.
Go not, happy day, From the shining fields, Go not, happy day, Till the maiden yields. Rosy is the West, Rosy is the South, Roses are her cheeks, And a rose her mouth When the happy Yes Falters from her lips, Pass and blush the news Over glowing ships; Over blowing seas, Over seas at rest, Pass the happy news, Blush it thro' the West; Till the red man dance By his red cedar-tree, And the red man's babe Leap, beyond the sea. Blush from West to East, Blush from East to West, Till the West is East, Blush it thro' the West. Rosy is the West, Rosy is the South, Roses are her cheeks, And a rose her mouth.
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