Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE VISION, by SUSAN M. KANE


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THE VISION, by                    
First Line: She was there; she was there
Last Line: Though some one may say I was spellbound with spring.
Subject(s): Vision


She was there; she was there,
I give you my word;
And she rode through the air
On the song of a bird.
And her shimmering robe was an ivory sheen,
Bud-blown with crab-tree pink and green.

Oh, a queen, and most fair!
I stood watching her go,
With her glory of hair
In a wind-wafted flow,
Like a gossamer veil of clear amber hue,
All ready to melt into far-reaching blue.

I saw her; I saw her --
I whisper you this --
Set the whole world astir
With a mischievous kiss,
Which she threw with a touch of exquisite grace,
From lips that were dimpling her wild-flower face.

Then marshes -- I saw them --
Lay trembling in green,
And hillsides a-gem,
And the valleys between,
Went a-nid and a-nod as if in a dream;
And lily-bells rang on the banks of a stream.

And forests -- I saw them --
Spread fans to the breeze,
To cool the hot flush
That ran through the trees.
And a butterfly gayly teetered the air
Till ripples entangled the lovely queen's hair.

She was there; she was there,
I give you my word;
And she rode through the air
On the song of a bird.
No matter to me, to my vision I'll cling,
Though some one may say I was spellbound with Spring.





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