Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FLAME LILIES, by CHRISTINE F. BRONSON First Line: Three children on a long, white road Last Line: So close the lilies are. Subject(s): Flowers; Lilies | ||||||||
Three children on a long, white road That seaward runs afar; A winding ribbon edged with flame, So close the lilies are. Three children on a long white road That winds down to the sea; Though one counts years by many more, What matter need that be? All three can hear the music ring From chiming lily bells, And yet the tawny, velvet throat A different message tells. For they who stand upon the path Where youth and childhood meet, Hear distant voices sweet and clear That call the willing feet; But one, who climbs the hill halfway, Stands lingering the last, To catch the far-off sounds that rise, Faint echoes of the past. Three children on a long, white road That seaward runs afar; A winding ribbon edged with flame, So close the lilies are. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NUNS PAINTING WATER-LILIES by WALLACE STEVENS THE SECRET GARDEN by ELEANOR WILNER THE CLOTE (WATER-LILY) by WILLIAM BARNES THE LILY, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE MARIPOSA LILY by INA DONNA COOLBRITH TO A LILY by JAMES MATHEWES LEGARE THE WATER-LILY by JOHN BANISTER TABB THE GLORY OF GRAY by CHRISTINE F. BRONSON |
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