Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CARAVANS, by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What bring ye me, o camels, across the southern desert Last Line: I would have had the winged mirage of yonder desert. Alternate Author Name(s): Marks, Lionel S., Mrs. | ||||||||
WHAT bring ye me, O camels, across the southern desert, The wan and parching desert, pale beneath the dusk? Ye great slow-moving ones, faithful as care is faithful, Uncouth as dreams may be, sluggish as far-off ships, -- What bring ye me, O camels? "We bring thee gold like sunshine, saving that it warms not; And rarest purple bring we, as dark as all the garnered Bloom of many grape-vines; and spices subtly mingled For a lasting savor: the precious nard and aloes; The bitter-sweet of myrrh, like a sorrow having wings; Ghostly breath of lilies bruised -- how white they were! -- And the captive life of many a far rose-garden. Jewels bring we hither, surely stars once fallen, Torn again from darkness: the sunlit frost of topaz, Moon-fire pent in opals, pearls that even the sea loves. Webs of marvel bring we, broideries that have drunken Deep of all life-color from a thousand lives, -- Each the royal cere-cloth of a century. We come! What wouldst thou more " All this dust, these ashes, have ye brought so far? All these days, these years, have I waited in the sun? I would have had the winged Mirage of yonder desert. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HARVEST MOON: 1914 by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY TO A DOG by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY A CHANGELING GRATEFUL by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY A FAR OFF ROSE by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY CRADLE SONG by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY DANCE TIME by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY ENVOI by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY FORTUNE AND MEN'S EYES by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY HARVEST MOON: 1916 by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY HERITAGE by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY |
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