Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SYLPH, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: I saw you and I named a flower Last Line: An evening of amethyst. Subject(s): Beauty; Fairy Tales | ||||||||
I SAW you and I named a flower That lights with blue a woodland space, I named a bird of the red hour And a hidden fairy place. And then I saw you not, and knew Dead leaves were whirling down the mist, And something lost was crying through An evening of amethyst. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KISSING THE TOAD by GALWAY KINNELL IF, MY DARLING by PHILIP LARKIN AN EMBROIDERY by DENISE LEVERTOV THE WRECKAGE ON THE WALL OF EGGS by THYLIAS MOSS READING THE BROTHERS GRIMM TO JENNY by LISEL MUELLER TWO LINES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM; FOR LARRY AND JUDY RAAB by GREGORY ORR THIS ENCHANTED FOREST: 5. GRETEL by LINDA PASTAN LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by ANNE SEXTON EVENING CLOUDS by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE |
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