Can somebody explain this ousiders poem???

"Natures first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold,

Her early leafs a flower,

But only so an hour,

Then Leaf subsides to leaf,

So Eden sank to greif,

So dawn goes down to day,

Nothing gold can stay"



Can somebody please explain this poem

line for line..

that would really help me out.



thankss!

xx

Can somebody explain this ousiders poem???
natures first green is gold- the first wonders of nature are amazing because they are new



her hardest hue to hold- it's hard to hold onto the goldness (i think?)



her early leaf leafs a flower- the first leaf, the new leaf, is more like a flower, because its so new and wonderful



but only so an hour- it's only beautiful and new for an hour (?)



then leaf subsides to leaf- the leaf that was referred to as a flower because it was so new and great eventually becomes a leaf, not new anymore



so eden sank to greif- eden, happy, started grieving



so dawn goes down to day- the newness and greatness of the day slowly fades away



nothing gold can stay- everything new (the new flower, eden being happy, the day) eventually turns old, or becomes less amazing over time.





Hope I helped!