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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PICTURES, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: A pallid nun by serge made doubly pale Last Line: Touches the cheek, and fairer skies float down. Subject(s): Italy; Nuns; Singing & Singers; Italians; Songs | |||
I A PALLID nun by serge made doubly pale, Stoops to the pavement for a red, ripe leaf Dropped from a tree, and smiles beneath her veil In thinking this may soothe a sick child's grief. II A cool contralto voice that calms the soul, As night-wind calms the pulses hot with pain; And, crouching on a bench, the grave her goal, A wanton grown a simple girl again. III A street musician singing of the sea Amidst the shipping of a smoke-wrapped town; Until a soft south breeze from Italy Touches the cheek, and fairer skies float down. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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