Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FACADE: 23. FADING SLOW, by EDITH SITWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fading slow Last Line: Rose-roots that stir! | ||||||||
FADING slow, And furred, is the snow As the almond's sweet husk, And smelling like musk. The snow amygdaline Under the eglantine Where bristling stars shine Like a gilt porcupine -- The snow confesses The little Princesses On their small chioppines Dance under the orpines. See the casuistries Of their slant flutt'ring eyes -- Gilt as the zodiac (Dancing herodiac). Only the snow slides Like gilded myrrh From the rose-branches -- hides Rose-roots that stir! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUCOLIC COMEDY: EARLY SPRING by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: FLEECING TIME by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: FOX TROT by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: SERENADE by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: SPINNING SONG by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: SPRING by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: THE BEAR by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: THE DOLL by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: THE FOX; FOR ANN PEARN by EDITH SITWELL BUCOLIC COMEDY: WHY by EDITH SITWELL ELEGY: THE GHOST WHOSE LIPS WERE WARM; FOR GEOFFREY GORER by EDITH SITWELL |
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