Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DREAM OF TIME, by JESSICA BELL


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DREAM OF TIME, by                    
First Line: Today in june, rose-burdened june
Last Line: As china's wall or sheba's gold.
Subject(s): Time


Today in June, rose-burdened June
With mellow sun and cool deep shade,
A cricket chirred its wistful tune
And in my heart an ache was made
As old as Buddha, that will not pass
But moves me as the wind the grass.

These timeless symbols that environ me,
The sun's thin gold, the whispering tree
Whose quivering shadows fall
Upon the floor, the plastered wall,
Bring vagrant memories I have known
In Babylon or ancient Rome.

Only because a cricket called,
In long June grass the sunlight palled;
And set me thinking thoughts as old
As China's wall or Sheba's gold.





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