Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR A CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poet's Biography First Line: Ye to whom wealth lends wings Last Line: One ineffable day! Subject(s): Holidays | ||||||||
YE to whom wealth lends wings To bear you from clime to clime, To treasures of beautiful things -- Palaces, minsters sublime, Snow mountain and pine-circled lake, And the purple of Summer seas -- Think, think of poor children, and take Compassion on these. For in stifling courts they are pent Thro' the fugitive freshness of June; Not for them are her roses sent, Nor the nightingales' passionate tune, Nor the keen scent of newly mown hay, Nor the flowing tide's blossom of yeast; Let these poor rhymes secure them at least One ineffable day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CAROL: NEW STYLE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET INDEPENDENCE DAY by WENDELL BERRY EASTER SUNDAY by LUCILLE CLIFTON GOD SEND EASTER by LUCILLE CLIFTON GOOD FRIDAY by LUCILLE CLIFTON FOR THE NEW YEAR (2) by ROBERT CREELEY A CAROL by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) |
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