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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RESIDUUM, by LEONORA CLAWSON STRYKER First Line: Had the year an april Last Line: Only dead leaves! | |||
Had the year an April, Was there a June? How could they have vanished, So soon -- so soon! I waited patiently, Watched changing skies; And then the summer passed Before my eyes! My fingers caught her skirt -- Plucked at her sleeves: And yet my grasp retained Only dead leaves! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE OF AN ANCIENT POET by LEONORA CLAWSON STRYKER CLASS SONG (WHICH WILL BE SUNG ON THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY) by GEORGE SANTAYANA HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX by ROBERT BROWNING THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST by RUDYARD KIPLING BALLADE OF BLUE CHINA by ANDREW LANG MOLLY PITCHER [JUNE 28, 1778] by KATE BROWNLEE SHERWOOD NIGHT BY THE RIVER by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II FAREWELL TO SUMMER by GEORGE ARNOLD SONNET ON PIETRO REGGIO HIS SETTING TO MUSIC MR. COWLEY'S POEMS by PHILIP AYRES |
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