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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT AND DAY: 3, by ISAAC ROSENBERG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Then spake I to the tree Last Line: "desire will sing to you." Subject(s): Trees; Desire | |||
Then spake I to the tree, " Were ye your own desire What is it ye would be?" Answered the tree to me, " I am my own desire, I am what I would be. " If you were your desire Would you lie under me, And see me as you see?" " I am my own desire While I lie under you, And that which I would be Desire will sing to you." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICAN WEDDING by ESSEX HEMPHILL HISTORY OF DESIRE by TONY HOAGLAND ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A BALLAD OF WHITECHAPEL by ISAAC ROSENBERG |
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