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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CANDIDA, by BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD JR. Poet's Biography First Line: Blue, blue is the summer sky Last Line: With the rocks forever shall stand. Subject(s): Love | |||
BLUE, blue is the summer sky, And her eyes are as blue again; And when she smiles Ten thousand miles Of the bounding main and the rippling bay Could be crossed as ten in a single day To glow in her smile again. And the swallow flits north in the springtide months, And the swallow flits south in the fall, But my love for thee, my lily-white maid, Can never be changed at all. Red, red is the sunset glow, And her lips as the cherries are red; And when she sings The gushing springs Of harmonies flow from her silver throat, Till they seem to grow to the swelling note From Amphion's flute that fled. And the tide rises high on the rocky-ribbed shore, And the tide ebbs low on the sand, But my love for thee, my lily-white maid, With the rocks forever shall stand. | 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 A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD DRINKING SONG by BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD JR. |
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