DROOPING from thread-like stem Tremulous fairy bell Swayed as faint breezes pass Standing in meadow grass There midget races dwell With thrills infinitesimal Enact life's joys daily, Suffer life's tragedy. Tiny star flowers Adorn elfin bowers Beetles in suits of green Leisurely stroll about, Jet ones in coats of mail Stand like midget acrobats Crafty spiders weave Topaz-winged lady-bugs Fly to homes far away. From puppet leaning towers Lizards with dreamy eyes and pygmy alligator mouths Wait the incautious prey Busy ants toil and haul Grasshoppers fly like mimic aviators To firmaments afar Of gold dandelion stars Painted butterflies flash Their jewels ere they pass In this mysterious realm, life, hidden, teems. Peal drooping airy bells, Ring noiseless joy-anthems Or soundless requiems. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO SIMPLICITY by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) STEADFASTNESS; THE LOVER BESEECHETH HIS MISTRESS by THOMAS WYATT THE BEST MEMORIAL by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS MORTAL JEALOUSY by PHILIP AYRES SONNET: 3 by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES MY HERO; TO ROBERT GOULD SHAW by BENJAMIN GRIFFITH BRAWLEY |