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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPANISH MOSS, by FRANCES LANCE FERRERO First Line: A wisp and a tangle Last Line: Or blot this dear picture from southland and me! Subject(s): Moss; Wellesley College | |||
A WISP and a tangle, A streamer, a mesh, For the old tree to dangle, The spring wind to thresh: The young moon behind it, A cabin below; An owl there to mind it, And Venus to glow: A pool in the rice-field, With peepers to plash; Some cedars, a mice-field, Where furry things dash And shake down the seeds From the quivering weeds; Where the meadow-lark breeds, And -- the person were rash Who would think to undo all that moss from the tree, Or blot this dear picture from Southland and me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES WRITTEN TO A TRANSLATOR OF GREEK POETRY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON THE LESSER BEAUTY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON WORK by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON IN MEMORY: MISS JEWETT by GRACE ALLERTON ANDREWS HERE ENTER NOT by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON I CLEANED MY HOUSE TODAY by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON MY GARDEN by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS by FRANCES LANCE FERRERO |
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