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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHANGELINGS, by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON First Line: The ghosts of flowers went sailing Last Line: When the sun sank down in the west. Alternate Author Name(s): Potter, Mrs. | |||
THE ghosts of flowers went sailing Through the dreamy autumn air, -- The gossamer wings of the milkweed brown, And the sheeny silk of the thistle-down; But there was no bewailing, And never a hint of despair. From the mountain-ash was swinging A gray, deserted nest; Scarlet berries where eggs had been; Softly the flower-wraiths floated in: And the brook and breeze were singing When the sun sank down in the west. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOUSED by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON IN THE DARK by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON INHERITANCE by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON REPRIEVE by MARY THACHER HIGGINSON COVERING WINGS by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SELF-ANALYSIS by DAVID IGNATOW BERTHA IN THE LANE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING GRANDMITHER, THINK NOT I FORGET by WILLA SIBERT CATHER ECHOES: 9 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY SONNET: 9. TO A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY by JOHN MILTON |
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