Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ASPEN TREE, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: The little aspen tree stands high Last Line: The lisping cadence of a kiss. Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Aspen Trees; Trees | ||||||||
THE little aspen tree stands high Upon the hill that guards the lane; Her leaves are green as emeralds, Her prattle is like dancing rain. She gossips to the wind, the sky, And we are comrades, she and I. I climb the hill at evenfall; She stands so high she may look down And whisper me if you have turned The winding highway from the town, And in the wind's arm bend to see And murmur that you haste to me; And with her hundred voices tell Each step you take to reach my side, And laugh in merry mockery, Pretend to scold and weep and chide, And stand a moment mute in grief, Then laugh with every rustling leaf. And when at last you take my hands And call my name, in mimicry She chatters it a dozen times; And then in gay and elfish glee Attunes her happy leaves to this -- The lisping cadence of a kiss. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS THE LIFE OF TREES by DORIANNE LAUX A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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