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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PLEIADES, by AMY LOWELL Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By day you cannot see the sky Last Line: To feel that they had stars for toys! Subject(s): Pleiades (constellation) | |||
By day you cannot see the sky there again. They seem just like old friends to me, I've known them all my life you see. There is the dipper first, and there Is Cassiopeia in her chair, Orion's belt, the Milky Way, And lots I know but cannot say. One group looks like a swarm of bees, Papa says they're the Pleiades; But I think they must be the toy Of some nice little angel boy. Perhaps his jackstones which to-day He has forgot to put away, And left them lying on the sky Where he will find them bye and bye. I wish he'd come and play with me. We'd have such fun, for it would be A most unusual thing for boys To feel that they had stars for toys! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST PLEIAD by WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS FOUR POEMS FOR ROBIN: AN AUTUMN MORNING IN SKOKOKU-JI by GARY SNYDER SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 54 by BLISS CARMAN THE LOST PLEIAD by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE LOST PLEIAD by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE LOST PLEIAD by ARTHUR REED ROPES PLEIADES by ARTHUR HENRY ADAMS |
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