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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VARIATIONS: 7, by CONRAD AIKEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Red leaf, red leaf, falling to float Last Line: Rose darkly before us. Subject(s): Moon | |||
Red leaf, red leaf, falling to float On the blue water among the cold clouds . . . If I were a child I would call you a boat And sail to the moon . . . I would sail to the moon with the dark king's daughter, The beautiful dreamer with green-slippered feet; Her long golden hair would shine on the water; Her eyes would be blue; And there she would sing, while the sail overhead Swelled with the wind, and the green waves flashed; Her red lips would sing, till the isle of the dead Rose darkly before us. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOON AND THE SPECTATOR by LEONIE ADAMS FULL MOON by KARLE WILSON BAKER NO MORE OF THE MOON by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP THE DEPARTURE by DENISE LEVERTOV THE MOON IN GREECE by TIMOTHY LIU |
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