Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUSTRALIAN TRANSCRIPTS: IN THE FERN, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: The feathery fern-trees make a screen Last Line: Of lime-tree in an english june. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Australia; Flowers; Trees | ||||||||
The feathery fern-trees make a screen Wherethrough the sunglare cannot pass -- Fern, gum; and lofty sassafras: The founds sweep over, palely green; And underneath are orchids curl'd Adream through this cool shadow-world; A fragrant greenness -- like the noon Of lime-tree in an English June. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS |
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