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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STAY THOU, by JOHN FREEMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Stay thou thy beauty, lovely shape and / shadow
Last Line: And hold thy hand still bare against the east.
Subject(s): Beauty; Nature; Trees
First Line: Stay thou thy beauty, lovely shape and / shadow
Last Line: And hold thy hand still bare against the east.
Subject(s): Beauty; Nature; Trees
STAY thou thy beauty, lovely shape and shadow,
Whose branches five, like fingers of a hand
Spread to the sun, and the uplifted palm
With all its history of line upon line
Traced, and now trembling in the sparkling air.
Stay thou, delay thy leaves, delay the buds,
Hold yet thy fingers against the primrose light,
Thin fingers where the wind halts and rainbow's colours
Are the sole buds and only shaking leaves.
Save in thy hand upcaught, the light would droop,
The primrose light would wither, the purple deepen
Too soon, and night draw down her wanstarred cloud. ...
Stay thou thy beauty, Tree, delay thy leaves
And hold thy hand still bare against the East.
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