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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A VISION IN A TEA-SHOP, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: His hair lit up the tea-shop like a fire
Last Line: The sons of morning singing together for joy.
First Line: His hair lit up the tea-shop like a fire
Last Line: The sons of morning singing together for joy.
His hair lit up the tea-shop like a fire,
The naked flame of youth made manifest --
Young hunger's unappeasable desire
Devouring cakes and cream with eager zest:
While cheek by jowl, an old man, bald and blind
And peaked and withered as a waning moon,
With toothless, mumbling gums, and wandering mind
Supped barley-water from a tremulous spoon.
I turned a moment: and the man was gone:
And as I looked upon the red-haired boy,
About him in a blinding glory shone
The sons of morning singing together for joy.
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