Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SOME BUTTERCUPS, by FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN First Line: A little way below her chin Last Line: To find a voice and tell! Subject(s): Admiration; Buttercups; Flowers | ||||||||
A LITTLE way below her chin, Caught in her bosom's snowy hem, Some buttercups are fastened in, -- Ah, how I envy them! They do not miss their meadow place, Nor are they conscious that their skies Are not the heavens, but her face, Her hair, and mild blue eyes. There, in the downy meshes pinned, Such sweet illusions haunt their rest; They think her breath the fragrant wind, And tremble on her breast; As if, close to her heart, they heard A captive secret slip its cell, And with desire were sudden stirred To find a voice and tell! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THEY SAW THE PROBLEM by MARK JARMAN SHAKE THE SUPERFLUX! by DAVID LEHMAN THE M??TIER OF BLOSSOMING by DENISE LEVERTOV TANKA DIARY (6) by HARRYETTE MULLEN VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN ON A GREEK VASE by FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN |
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