Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ALIEN, by JEANNE OLDFIELD POTTER


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First Line: Pink and white and purple blooms, heliotrope and scarlet
Last Line: The memory of other springs, mirage of one to be!
Subject(s): Spring


Pink and white and purple blooms, heliotrope and scarlet,
Melting blue and amethyst, palest flame and gold;
But, oh, to see the peonies lift scented cups of silver
Beside a marble terrace once more before I'm old!

Slim and pointed poplar trees, lilacs growing fragrant,
Tender, creeping, starry things, fragile as a dream,
Peach and plum and cherry and the maples flushing crimson --
But, ah, to see the medlars and reeds aslant a stream!

Flight of lark and bluebird, hermit thrush and swallow,
Past the open casement a flash of brown and red;
But, oh, the golden orioles above the sunny rice fields,
And the whisper, whisper, whisper of wild wings overhead!

Through the golden gateway, dark against the sky-line,
Laden ships from China, silks and jade and tea;
But dearer than the cargoes of ivory and amber
The memory of other springs, mirage of one to be!





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