Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO S. E. D, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: Thanks, thanks, dear friend, for your present Last Line: And your kindly thoughts of me. Subject(s): Friendship; Peonies | ||||||||
Thanks, thanks, dear friend, for your present, For these peonies three; This mass of milky petals, And your kindly thoughts of me. I thank you for the memories They bring to me to-night, These flowers beautiful and perfect, -- These flowers of purest white. They bring me a breath of country air. They whisper of prattling rills, Of purple skies with sunlit clouds, Of wooded, templed hills. They take me back to my childhood days, Days past, long years ago, To a shady, country door-yard Where they were wont to blow. Then accept my thanks again dear friend, For these peonies three, This mass of milky petals, And your kindly thoughts of me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DAY OF THE PEONIES by JOHN CIARDI LIKE THE PEONIES (TO 'TEACHER') by E. P. RHAPSODY OF PEONIES by SALLIE MACON GARLAND PIPPEN BETWEEN PEONY AND PIVOINE I HAD NO HESITATION ONLY IN by DOMINIQUE FOURCADE A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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