Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EVE, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE


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First Line: A scarlet bird upon her shoulder's snow
Last Line: Leapt adam—doubling paradise—and found her.
Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Eden; Eve


A SCARLET bird upon her shoulder's snow
Was perched, and whistled to his envious fellows;
A thousand tints of feathers lit the air,
Bewildering greens and reds and blues and yellows.

Primeval glories clustered in her form;
Uncramped her curves; she was the joy of Beauty.
An unseen angel drank her with his eyes,
Then trembled to the heart. His name was Duty.

While innocently naked thus she stood,
With lion-whelps and tiger-cubs around her,
A wall of creepers parted. From the wood
Leapt Adam—doubling Paradise—and found her.





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