Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CANTELOPE, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: Side by side in the crowded streets Last Line: And the sea is a wobbling tomb! Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Cantaloupes | ||||||||
SIDE by side in the crowded streets, Amid its ebb and flow, We walked together one autumn morn; ('Twas many years ago!) The markets blushed with fruits and flowers; (Both Memory and Hope!) You stopped and bought me at the stall, A spicy cantelope. We drained together its honeyed wine, We cast the seeds away; I slipped and fell on the moony rinds, And you took me home on a dray! The honeyed wine of your love is drained; I limp from the fall I had; The snow-flakes muffle the empty stall, And everything is sad. The sky is an inkstand, upside down, It splashes the world with gloom; The earth is full of skeleton bones, And the sea is a wobbling tomb! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEDOUIN [LOVE] SONG by BAYARD TAYLOR NATIONAL ODE; INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA by BAYARD TAYLOR THE ARAB TO THE PALM by BAYARD TAYLOR THE QUAKER WIDOW by BAYARD TAYLOR THE SONG OF THE CAMP by BAYARD TAYLOR THE WRITER'S JOURNAL: POSSESSION by BAYARD TAYLOR A BACCHIC ODE by BAYARD TAYLOR A DAY IN MARCH by BAYARD TAYLOR A FUNERAL THOUGHT by BAYARD TAYLOR |
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