Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARION STREET, by ALPHEUS BUTLER First Line: Here stands an ancient dwelling built of wood Last Line: Gay voices chime a merry roundelay. | ||||||||
Here stands an ancient dwelling built of wood, An antique garden and a yard that now Has blooms for every wistful, yearning mood. Here is a heavy-laden orange bough. Sequestered in a spacious, verdant yard, A row of lime trees grow beside a gate. Thick lemon bushes beckon for a bard. Here guavas grow. I hear the croon of Kate. On Marion Street that borders on the lane An old house shields fine treasures, priceless, rare; And in a garden, moist with tropic rain, Thrive mangoes and the alligator pear. At dawn and dusk on Marion Street today Gay voices chime a merry roundelay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES TO A MOVEMENT IN MOZART'S E-FLAT SYMPHONY by THOMAS HARDY SONG OF THE SERPENT-CHARMERS by EDWIN ARNOLD AN ACTOR'S REMINISCENCES by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) ON MEMORIAL DAY by EMMA BERGSTROM OLIVER'S ADVICE by WILLIAM BLACKER ARCADIUS AND SEPHA by WILLIAM BOSWORTH A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 15 by THOMAS CAMPION MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE EARL OF SOMERSET: SECOND SQUIRE (1) by THOMAS CAMPION |
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