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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAY PIECE, by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM First Line: The poplars run before me as a child Last Line: A tree, a hill, a sea. | |||
THE poplars run before me as a child And hide behind the bend. I find in all this silent loveliness Of trees a quaint, sweet friend. With green and purple thoughts, I walk the hills; I linger near the sea Not for the deeper shadows to come on With evening mystery. Nor for the red canoe of sunset on Its way to whiter streams; Nor for the overtones that stars and moon Give me and take -- night's dreams. There is a something in my Hebrew blood That life has given me And still withheld. . . I have and yet have not A tree, a hill, a sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BROKEN LINES by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM CAPUT MORTUUM by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM CASTILIAN BODY by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM CLASSIC NIGHT by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM CONVERSATION by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM DEAN SWIFT by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM DEATH IS... by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM DEFINITIONS by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM |
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