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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 46, by BLISS CARMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Through what strange garden ran Last Line: Once and no more. Subject(s): Life | |||
Through what strange garden ran The sultry stream whereon This languorous nenuphar of love could grow? Such melting ardours spending to the moon, From swoon to swoon! My wondrous moonflower white, Outspread in the warm night, Tinged with a rosy tint, a golden glow, And fervours of enchantment it must hide Till daylight died. It lies so soft and fond, Wilted in my hot hand, That was so dewy fresh an hour ago. "Can life be, then," my soul is pondering, "So frail a thing?" And all because I laid The snowy petals wide; Having heard tell, yet longing still to know, What sweet things youth might barter ignorance for, Once and no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW A MORE ANCIENT MARINER by BLISS CARMAN |
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