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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
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...
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