Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POPPIES, by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN Poet's Biography First Line: Lilies, lilies not for me Last Line: But forget. Alternate Author Name(s): Dolben, Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth Subject(s): Poppies | ||||||||
LILIES, lilies not for me, Flowers of the pure and saintly -- I have seen in holy places Where the incense rises faintly, And the priest the chalice raises, Lilies in the altar vases, Not for me. Leave untouched each garden tree, Kings and queens of flower-land. When the summer evening closes, Lovers may-be hand in hand There will seek for crimson roses, There will bind their wreaths and posies Merrily. From the corn-fields where we met Pluck me poppies white and red; Bind them round my weary brain, Strew them on my narrow bed, Numbing all the ache and pain. -- I shall sleep nor wake again, But forget. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NINE BLACK POPPIES FOR CHAC by NORMAN DUBIE SAINTS' POPPIES by DAVID BAKER SEA POPPIES by HILDA DOOLITTLE POPPIES IN THE WHEAT by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON POPPIES IN JULY by SYLVIA PLATH POPPY: FANTASTIC EXTRAVAGANCE by FRANCIS THOMPSON A LETTER by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN |
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