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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STRANGER, by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA Poet's Biography First Line: Her door stood open all day long Last Line: Of wings beneath his cloak... Subject(s): Strangers | |||
HER door stood open all day long, And as the men went past They heard her wheel, her gentle song, That said: "He'll come—at last!" A stranger halted at the gate One evening and smiled; Said she then: "He for whom I wait Is wingèd, and a child." He turned from her with wondrous mien, And never a word he spoke;— But from afar she saw the sheen Of wings beneath his cloak... | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIALOGUE PARTLY PLATONIC by MADELINE DEFREES THE SANDWICH MAN by RON PADGETT FLEMING HELPHENSTINE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE MAN WITHOUT LEATHER BREECHES by JAMES TATE A BLESSING FOR THE BLESSED by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA |
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