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POPPIES by CHARLES WEEKES

Poem Explanation

First Line: THE SUDDEN NIGHT IS HERE AT ONCE
The sudden night is here at once:
The lost lamb cries and runs and stands,
For all the poppy cups are hands
To seize and take him when he runs.


The dusky cups are blood colour;
And like a cup of blood this one
To drink, and be with Babylon,
And love and kiss the lips of her.-


Thy sins as snow!-just then it burned
The dark-a flaming face and bust;
And just beneath here in the dust
The Scarlet Woman laughed and turned.




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