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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 |
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