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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPANISH WINGS: SENORITA, by H. BABCOCK First Line: Spain has no need of you Last Line: -- I have such a short space to live. Subject(s): Aviation & Aviators; Spanish Civil War (1936-1939); Airplanes; Air Pilots | |||
Spain has no need of you. It is I who have need of you; Standing in a walled garden Watching you pass, far in a cobalt sky Like a wedge of geese with your comrades. The reverberations of your engines Drone from horizon to horizon Filling my head and the world. There is no promise or hope, Of idle hours among the hills In the autumn among the falling leaves. Far over Madrid Specks are swirling together. Perhaps you are the deep charcoal line of smoke Swung down the sky: -- Flaming down dead . . . Something I cannot share. Spain will go on forever -- I have such a short space to live. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LEARNERS by RANDALL JARRELL AERO-LAUGHTER by ROBERT MCALMON CONSUMMATION by ROBERT MCALMON NAVY FIELD by WILLIAM MEREDITH READING MY POEMS FROM WORLD WAR II by WILLIAM MEREDITH LONELY EAGLES by MARILYN NELSON SPANISH WINGS: A LEAF FROM A LOG BOOK by H. BABCOCK |
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