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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN SHADOWS ARE CREEPING, by JENNIE E. HUSSEY First Line: When over the woods and the river Last Line: The red and white clovers are sleeping. Subject(s): Clover; Evening; Forests; Shadows; Sunset; Twilight; Woods | |||
When over the woods and the river The shadows of twilight are creeping, And fresh dewdrops sparkle and quiver On daisies and buttercups sleeping, The three leaves of red and white clover, Hands folded, and head bending over, First one, then another starts swaying, As if dancing to soft flute notes playing, Or Aeolian harp-strings swept lightly By fairy hands nimble and sprightly. When over the lake and the river The purple dusk deepens and darkens, To birch leaves and aspens a-quiver My quickened ear listens and hearkens; In fancy my footsteps are straying Where drowsy red clovers are swaying; Hands folded and head bending over them, Waves gently each slender green clover-stem, And under the twilight shades creeping, The red and white clovers are sleeping. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER |
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