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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STROLLER, by DERRICK NORMAN LEHMER Poet's Biography First Line: A wind came wandering up the street Last Line: I think she got a kiss from him! | |||
A wind came wandering up the street, And all the flowers made friends with him: And every tree he chanced to meet Was happy to shake hands with him. And every loving mother tree Her little leaves held out to him: They laughed and clapped their hands in glee And seemed to crow and shout to him. Full many a roguish little bloom As he went by would laugh at him; While one old witch-tree, like a broom, Cackled, and shook her staff at him. But wistful violet, in the grass No one expected this from him When she glanced up to see him pass, I think she got a kiss from him! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MILITARISM by DERRICK NORMAN LEHMER RICHES by DERRICK NORMAN LEHMER SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TO MY HONOURED FRIEND DR. CHARLETON by JOHN DRYDEN THE SAD SONG, FR. THE CAPTAIN by JOHN FLETCHER JOHN BROWN'S BODY by CHARLES SPRAGUE HALL LONG ISLAND SOUND by EMMA LAZARUS STOOD AT CLEAR by ALEXANDER ANDERSON WALT WHITMAN by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) LINES WRITTEN IN SWITZERLAND by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES ON THE EVE OF DEPARTURE FROM O-- by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS |
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