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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ATHENIAN GARDEN, by TRUMBULL STICKNEY Poet's Biography First Line: The burned and dusty garden said Last Line: Looked after him thro' happy tears. Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Greece; Greeks | |||
The burned and dusty garden said: "My leaves are echoes, and thy earth Is packed with footsteps of the dead. "The strength of spring-time brought to birth Some needles on the crooked fir, -- A rose, a laurel -- little worth. "Come here, ye dreaming souls that err Among the immortals of the grave: My summer is your sepulchre. "On earth what darker voices rave Than now this sea-breeze, driving dust And whirling radiance wave on wave, "With lulls so fearful thro' the gust That on the shapeless flower-bed Like timber splits the yellow crust. "O thirsty, thirsty are the dead, Still thirsty, ever unallayed. Where is no water, bring no bread." I then had almost answer made, Where round the path in pleasure drew Three golden children to the shade. They stirred the dust with pail and hoe. Then did the littlest from his fear Come up and with his eyes of blue Give me some berries seriously. And as he turned to his brother, I Looked after him thro' happy tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FLOWER NO MORE THAN ITSELF by LINDA GREGG ALMA IN ALL SEASONS by LINDA GREGG ALMA IN THE DARK by LINDA GREGG ALMA TO HER SISTER by LINDA GREGG ALONE WITH THE GODDESS by LINDA GREGG APHRODITE AND THE NATURE OF ART by LINDA GREGG AS BEING IS ETERNAL by LINDA GREGG AGE IN YOUTH by TRUMBULL STICKNEY |
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