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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER THE RAIN, by EDWARD SAPIR Poet's Biography
First Line: The elves peep through the ferny copse
Last Line: And under the rainbow arch is gone.
Subject(s): Nature; Rain; Water
First Line: The elves peep through the ferny copse
Last Line: And under the rainbow arch is gone.
Subject(s): Nature; Rain; Water
The elves peep through the ferny copse,
The elves are all amazed to see
The river set with a million drops
Of pearl in liquid filigree.
The water surface blinks in the sun
Under the fairies' dizzy eyes,
They can not see the river run,
It seems so still in white surprise.
The elves have crept forth after the rain;
They'd caught a crystal from the river.
There in the ferns they still remain
And wonder at all the glitter and quiver.
But we who stand above the ferns
Can see the river running on
And down and down until it turns
And under the rainbow arch is gone.
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