Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WILD-ROSES, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: Against the dim hot summer blue Last Line: And brown bees drone their honey-call. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Bees; Flowers; Insects; Roses; Summer; Beekeeping; Bugs | ||||||||
Against the dim hot summer blue Yon wave of white wild-roses lies, Watching with listless golden eyes The green leaves shutting out their view, The tiny leaves whose motions bright Are like small wings of emerald light: White butterflies like snow-flakes fall And brown bees drone their honey-call. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXHAUSTED BUG; FOR MY FATHER by ROBERT BLY PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BEETLE LIGHT; FOR DANIEL HILLEN by MADELINE DEFREES CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES |
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