|
|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ANGEL'S ALMANAC, by HENRY PATMORE Poet's Biography First Line: Once, only once, and long ago Last Line: Come near it with a careful lie. | |||
ONCE, only once, and long ago, One moment which the angels know, -- They keep it in their calendar, Which calls the sun-lit earth a star, -- One moment, once, my Flora's eye Met mine with maiden motion shy, And one large look, all armed with truth And curious candour, judged my youth, And said, 'As plain as eyes can see, I see your soul as you see me;' Her open eyes were like the beach Where brown with white, each lighting each, Lie mixed, or like the brown bright sand, Where bright surf hurries to the land. THE truth is male, and females shy Come near it with a careful lie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW LOUDLY MOANS THE UNHAPPY WEST by HENRY PATMORE MADONNA, LADY WHOM WITH HEAVENLY FEAR by HENRY PATMORE THE THING THAT MAKES ME PATRIOT MOST by HENRY PATMORE THE TRUTH IS MALE, AND FEMALES SHY by HENRY PATMORE NIGHT IS THE LIGHT OF MY PLEASURE' by HENRY PATMORE CALLING DREAMS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ON THE AMOROUS AND PATHETIC STORY OF ARCADIUS AND SEPHA by L. B. |
| |