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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIDERS, by GLADYS CROMWELL Poet's Biography First Line: You look askance at me Last Line: To rhythms in heaven's heart. Subject(s): Love | |||
You look askance at me. Do you take my horse For Pegasus? Of course He steps like Poetry, But he's a quiet beast. I think I hear you say You don't like in the least His fleet-footed way. But your light flitting mare Skims the meadows too. Her nimble feet pursue The stony dales, dare The sloping pastures, leap The brooks. You do the things I do in dreams, asleep -- (Pegasus has wings)! You canter wide-awake. Your mare is real; my steed Imaginary. Need You then suspect me? Take The cloud-rack by my side! Partners, Life and Art, Adventurers, we ride To rhythms in heaven's heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT |
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