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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CIRCUMSTANCES, by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON Poet's Biography First Line: It ripen'd by the river banks Last Line: And -- wish them at the devil! Alternate Author Name(s): Locker, Frederick Subject(s): Oranges | |||
IT ripen'd by the river banks, Where, mask and moonlight aiding, Dons Blas and Juan play their pranks, Dark Donnas serenading. By Moorish damsel it was pluck'd, Beneath the golden day there; By swain 'twas then in London suck'd -- Who flung the peel away there. He could not know in Pimlico, As little she in Seville, That I should reel upon that peel, And -- wish them at the devil! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ORANGE PICKER by DAVID IGNATOW ORANGE SUTRA by TESS GALLAGHER CITRUS FREEZE by FORREST GANDER BLENHEIM ORANGES by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS THE FLORIDA ORANGE by W. C. BAUGH APRIL ORANGE BLOSSOMS by THOMAS CASEY TO ORANGES by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE DENVER STREET by WILLARD JOHNSON A NICE CORRESPONDENT by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON |
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