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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SWEET CLOVER, by RAY CLARKE ROSE First Line: Over and over the scent of sweet clover Last Line: To croon to my soul of an old, old theme. Subject(s): Clover; Soul | |||
Over and over the scent of sweet clover Lingers and lures like a half-lost dream, And seems, under cover of night, like a lover, To croon to my soul of an old, old theme. Back from the heydays of childhood's playdays, Back through the dust and the dearth of the years Soft as the fall of a dead leafthe call of A voice flutters out of the pastand its tears. Sweet clover, delicious, if longings that wish us In the garden of youth could compel, I would lie In the far wildernesses of blooms whose caresses Showered joy on my heart where they smiled at the sky; Where the hollyhocks, standing, still, stately, commanding, Kept guard over mignonettes, myrtle and all Of the old-fashioned flowers that gladdened the hours I dallied and dreamed by the home garden wall. From the vase where she set them, saying, "Soon you 'll forget them," The sweet-clover blooms send their fragrance to me; But the dear one who placed them, the hands that embraced them, Are lost to my sight and forever shall be. Yet over and over the scent of sweet clover Lingers and lures like a half-lost dream, And seems, under cover of night, like a lover, To croon to my soul of an old, old theme. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE EXHUMATION by ANNE CARSON A BACHELOR'S VALENTINE by RAY CLARKE ROSE |
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