Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOUNTAINS, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER



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First Line: Soft is the collied night, and cool
Last Line: Wave and float the nenuphars.
Subject(s): Fountains


Soft is the collied night, and cool
The wind about the garden pool.
Here will I dip my burning hand
And move an inch of drowsy sand,
And pray the dark reflected skies
To fasten with their seal mine eyes.
A million million leagues away
Among the stars the goldfish play,
And high above the shadowed stars
Wave and float the nenuphars.





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