Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHO CALLS?, by FRANCES CLARKE First Line: Listen, children, listen, won't you come into the night? Last Line: "I am the spring, the spring, the spring with laughter on my lips." Alternate Author Name(s): Sayers, Frances Clark Subject(s): Spring | ||||||||
LISTEN, children, listen, won't you come into the night? The stars have set their candle gleam, the moon her lantern light. I'm piping little tunes for you to catch your dancing feet. There's glory in the heavens, but there's magic in the street. There's jesting here and carnival: the cost of a balloon Is an ancient rhyme said backwards, and a wish upon the moon. The city walls and city streets! -- you shall make of these As fair a thing as country roads and blossomy apple trees." "What watchman calls us in the night, and plays a little tune That turns our tongues to talking now of April, May and June? Who bids us come with nimble feet and snapping finger tips?" "I am the Spring, the Spring, the Spring with laughter on my lips." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD CHAMBER MUSIC: 24 by JAMES JOYCE |
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