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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE YOUTH WITH RED-GOLD HAIR, by EDITH SITWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The gold-armoured ghost from the roman road Last Line: Forlorn.' Subject(s): Aging; Sun; Youth | |||
The gold-armoured ghost from the Roman road Sighed over the wheat 'Fear not the sound and the glamour Of my gold armour -- (The sound of the wind and the wheat) Fear not its clamour . . . . Fear only the red-gold sun with the fleece of a fox Who will steal the fluttering bird you hide in your breast. Fear only the red-gold rain That will dim your brightness, O my tall tower of the corn, You, -- my blonde girl . . . .' But the wind sighed, 'Rest.' . . . The wind in his grey knight's armour The wind in his grey night armour Sighed over the fields of wheat, 'He is gone . . . Forlorn.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN AN OLD WOMAN: 2. HARVEST by EDITH SITWELL |
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