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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WOULD I KNEW!, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poet's Biography First Line: Plays a child in a garden fair Last Line: "what it is they say and do!" Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Children; Childhood | |||
PLAYS a child in a garden fair Where the demigods are walking; Playing unsuspected there As a bird within the air, Listens to their wondrous talking: "Would I knew -- would I knew What it is they say and do!" Stands a youth at city-gate, Sees the knights go forth together, Parleying, superb, elate, Pair by pair in princely state, Lance and shield and haughty feather: "Would I knew -- would I knew What it is they say and do!" Bends a man with trembling knees By a gulf of cloudy border; Deaf, he hears no voice from these Winged shades he dimly sees Passing by in solemn order: "Would I knew -- O would I knew What it is they say and do!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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