Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FABLIAU OF FLORIDA, by WALLACE STEVENS



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First Line: Barque of phosphor
Subject(s): Americans; Florida; United States; America


Barque of phosphor
On the palmy beach,
Move outward into heaven,
Into the alabasters
And night blues.
Foam and cloud are one.
Sultry moon-monsters
Are dissolving.
Fill your black hull
With white moonlight.
There will never be an end
To this droning of the surf.





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