Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, POPLARS, by ELIZABETH H. EMERSON


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POPLARS, by                    
First Line: Poplars in winter wear dresses of silver
Last Line: Pouring a river of gold into the sea.
Subject(s): Poplar Trees


Poplars in winter wear dresses of silver;
Not the silver of money, tarnished and dull,
But the pale soft silver of moonbeams,
Shining like the crystal of the frozen streams
Whose wandering banks they define,
Painting a silver river, flowing to the sea.

Poplars in summer wear garments of green;
Not the bold, glaring green of new-grown grasses,
But the soft pale green of fairies' dresses.
They shake and shimmer in the sunlight,
They nod and bow in the moonlight,
Giant fairies, dancing their way to the sea.

Poplars in autumn are clad all in gold;
Not the heavy gold from the darkness of earth;
It is as if the gold of a western sunset,
Descending at evening and lighting on twig and leaf,
Were stealing a ride on the poplars,
Pouring a river of gold into the sea.





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