Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SYMPHONY, by BORGHILD LEE First Line: Brazilian palm-trees Last Line: Walking to the sea -- Subject(s): Beauty; Brazil; Girls; Brazilians | ||||||||
Brazilian palm-trees Played softly for this poem, Walking to the sea -- Brown maid, slender and bare, One arm in perfect outline Raised -- Holding a reed basket On a proud head! In her black hair A flaming rose entangled Droops -- With swaying hips and movements Slow and supple, She walks -- Eyes half closed, But flashing me a challenge in passing; And I, With dead flowers on my hat, In my yard or so of silk Feel a silent envy rising -- I, myself, would be this poem, Walking to the sea -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ARMADILLO; FOR ROBERT LOWELL by ELIZABETH BISHOP A FAREWELL TO AGASSIZ; WRITTEN ON EVE OF JOURNEY TO BRAZIL by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A CHRISTMAS GREETING; FROM A NORTHERN START-GROUP TO A SOUTHERN by WALT WHITMAN FREEDOM IN BRAZIL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE CRY OF A LOST SOUL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER SONG FOR THE FIRST OF THE MONTH by DOROTHY PARKER THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE SNUG LITTLE ISLAND by THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN THE CONQUERED BANNER by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN THE END OF THE DAY by DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT THE QUEEN IN FRANCE; AN ANCIENT SCOTTISH BALLAD by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN |
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