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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ORCHARD, by HILDA DOOLITTLE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw the first pear Last Line: I bring you as offering. Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs. Variant Title(s): Keeper Of The Orchards;priapus Subject(s): Bible; Orchards | |||
I saw the first pear as it fell -- the honey-seeking, golden-banded, the yellow swarm was not more fleet that I, (spare us from loveliness) and I fell prostrate crying: you have flayed us with your blossoms, spare us the beauty of fruit-trees. The honey-seeking paused not, the air thundered their song, and I alone was prostrate. O rough-hewn god of the orchard, I bring you an offering -- do you, alone unbeautiful, son of the god, spare us from loveliness: these fallen hazel-nuts, stripped late of their green sheaths, grapes, red-purple, their berries dripping with wine, pomegranates already broken, and shrunken figs and quinces untouched, I bring you as offering. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST ORCHARD by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IN THE ORCHARD by ANNE STEVENSON MY ORCHA'D IN LINDEN LEA by WILLIAM BARNES GOOD-BY AND KEEP COLD by ROBERT FROST AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON OLD APPLE TREES by WILLIAM DEWITT SNODGRASS OF AN ORCHARD by KATHARINE TYNAN |
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