Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LEGEND, by GEORGE H. DILLON


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First Line: First thunders spoke at half-past one
Last Line: A beautiful thing she could not touch.
Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Creation; Eve


First thunders spoke at half-past one
On the sixth day; the new sun
Burned white behind great silver clouds;
And clattering softly in the crowds
Of trees and droning on the meadow
The first frail rain spread like a shadow
Till suddenly it was released
Upward within a wide white mist
Leaving sharp colours and new smells.
Pink snails looked out from their blue shells;
Two wide geese, brilliant from their bath,
Came rocking down a Thumb-scooped path,
Their stiff steps shattering the bright
Green puddles there. The air flowed white.
The apple tree (just blossoming)
Became a strange, star-glittering thing. . . .

When the rain's singing scarce was over
They stared irresolute from cover.
The man leapt forth and gave a cry
And wallowed in the weeds to dry.
But Eve stood tiptoe under a slim
Wind-ruffled arc with a red rim
And screamed in terror, seeing such
A beautiful thing she could not touch.





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