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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUBADE, by AMY LOWELL Poet's Biography
First Line: As I would free the white almond from the green husk
Last Line: I should see that in my hands glittered a gem beyond counting.
Subject(s): Almond Trees; Hands; Love; Trees
First Line: As I would free the white almond from the green husk
Last Line: I should see that in my hands glittered a gem beyond counting.
Subject(s): Almond Trees; Hands; Love; Trees
As I would free the white almond from the green husk
So I would strip your trappings off,
Beloved.
And fingering the smooth and polished kernel
I should see that in my hands glittered a gem beyond counting.
Other Poems of Interest...
THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS
THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS
MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN
REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS