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. | Other Poems of Interest...SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 5 by CONRAD AIKEN THE HEART OF THE BRUCE by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN CINQUAIN: SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS by ADELAIDE CRAPSEY SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 2. IN CHURCH by THOMAS HARDY A WORKING PARTY by SIEGFRIED SASSOON BLIND by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE OF A WINNOWER OF WHEAT TO THE WINDS by JOACHIM DU BELLAY |
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