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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Poet's Biography First Line: I went down the ways of the roses this noon Last Line: And my heart and the roses sighed in the sweet place. Subject(s): Roses; Love | |||
I WENT down the ways of the roses this noon, The birds were in tune with the infinite skies, And all my heart sang, "It is June, it is June," And all my soul teemed with the lovely sur-prise, As I went down the ways of the roses this noon. And into my garden the shades bade them come, The wayfaring dreams that came forth of the sun: "Come, rest," said the roses, "ere further ye roam;" "Be my guests" said my heart, "till the day it be done," As into my garden the shades bade them come. 0 long the dreams tarried within that sweet place, And unto my heart and the roses they told, How on their long travel they met with a face All clouded with hair of the sun's fairest gold -- And my heart and the roses sighed in the sweet place. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD SCINTILLA by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |
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