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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ATAVISTIC, by PAULINE GARNER CURRAN First Line: Four walls for my body Last Line: Find the way back! | |||
Four walls for my body To shield me from the cold; Four walls for my thinking Lest I grow over bold. Outside foaming grasses And moon-frosted sea; Within, a vase of roses Trimmed to rigidity. I dare not cross the lintel Or open the least crack, For never could such running Find the way back! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEFORE THE FLOWERS OF FRIENDSHIP FADED FADED: 21 by GERTRUDE STEIN A PROPER NEW BALLAD [ENTITLED THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL] by RICHARD CORBET THE BIRTHNIGHT: TO F by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE PARTED by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR PRE-EXISTENCE by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE ON A CHILD by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR |
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