When the elephant's-ear in the park When the elephant's-ear in the park Shriveled in frost, Shriveled in frost, And the leaves on the paths And the leaves on the paths Ran like rats, Ran like rats, Your lamplight fell Your lamplight fell On shining pillows, On shining pillows, Of sea-shades and sky-shades, Of sea-shades and sky-shades, Like umbrellas in Java. Like umbrellas in Java. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN THE LAND WHERE WE WERE DREAMING by DANIEL BEDINGER LUCAS THE BRITISH PHILIPPIC by MARK AKENSIDE THE LONELY WALK by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS THE DEATH-MASK OF JOHN CLARE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN IS IT AMAVI OR IS IT AMO? by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN ON THE NATURALIZATION BILL: ADVERTISEMENT by JOHN BYROM SONG TO THE SULIOTES by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. TO BECOME A CREATOR by EDWARD CARPENTER |