Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RESTLESS, by EDWARD MERRILL ROOT


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RESTLESS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The world is but my restless self: the sun
Last Line: And reaches up his arms to have the moon!
Alternate Author Name(s): Root, E. Merrill
Subject(s): Asia; Autumn; Earth; Ethiopia; Ganges River, India; Mississippi; Seasons; Far East; East Asia; Orient; Fall; World


The World is but my restless self: The sun
Smoulders, a slow flamingo, in the East,
Abandoning Asia like a reedy nest.
The Ganges and the Mississippi run --
Swift hounds that hear the whistle of the sea.
The leaves, those gay boats from an elfin jetty,
Tho they set sail like Autumn's light confetti,
Return -- to sail again from the bough's quay.
Ever the wind must chase, a trite buffoon,
His misty sheep, or ships for butterflies.
The earth, that fickle Ethiopian girl,
Wears roses now -- and now the ice for pearl.
The sea, a silly child, forever cries
And reaches up his arms to have the moon!





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