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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PERENNIAL, by M. R. First Line: Amid the bowers of xanadu / there blooms a magic rose Last Line: M. R. | |||
Amid the bowers of Xanadu There blooms a magic rose, Nodding its head by Khama's rill To every breeze that blows. Hard by the glowing blossom hangs A mirror, dight with gold: Around it mystic characters This hidden message hold: "The maid who plucks the magic rose Shall win a wondrous dower: But she who spies this mirror first Can never touch the flower." * * * * * * * * The feet of forty thousand maids Have trod by Khama's rill: Amid the bowers of Xanadu The rose is blooming still! M. R. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 5 by EZRA POUND A WINTER BLUEJAY by SARA TEASDALE HIS MOTHER'S SERVICE TO OUR LADY by FRANCOIS VILLON AN ANCIENT PROVERB by WILLIAM BLAKE LOVERS, AND A REFLECTION by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER THE FARM CHILD'S LULLABY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE BIGLOW PAPERS. 2D SERIES: 2. JONATHAN TO JOHN by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL |
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