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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BRILLIANT DAY, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography
First Line: O keen pellucid air! Nothing can lurk
Last Line: Unmarked before, like piles of jewels seem!
First Line: O keen pellucid air! Nothing can lurk
Last Line: Unmarked before, like piles of jewels seem!
O keen pellucid air! nothing can lurk
Or disavow itself on this bright day;
The small rain-plashes shine from far away,
The tiny emmet glitters at his work;
The bee looks blithe and gay, and as she plies
Her task, and moves and sidles round the cup
Of this spring flower, to drink its honey up,
Her glassy wings, like oars that dip and rise,
Gleam momently. Pure-bosomed, clear of fog,
The long lake glistens, while the glorious beam
Bespangles the wet joints and floating leaves
Of water-plants, whose every point receives
His light; and jellies of the spawning frog,
Unmarked before, like piles of jewels seem!
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LETTY'S GLOBE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER
THE BUOY-BELL by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER
THE LACHRYMATORY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER
THE LATTICE AT SUNRISE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER
THE LION'S SKELETON by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER
THE VACANT CAGE (1) by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER
A BIRTHDAY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER
A CALM EVENING by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER
A COLONY OF NIGHTINGALES by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER
A COUNTRY DANCE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER