Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RESIDUUM, by LEONORA CLAWSON STRYKER First Line: Had the year an april Last Line: Only dead leaves! | ||||||||
Had the year an April, Was there a June? How could they have vanished, So soon -- so soon! I waited patiently, Watched changing skies; And then the summer passed Before my eyes! My fingers caught her skirt -- Plucked at her sleeves: And yet my grasp retained Only dead leaves! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE OF AN ANCIENT POET by LEONORA CLAWSON STRYKER VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 3. NAPLES by SARA TEASDALE THE CASTAWAY by WILLIAM COWPER ELIOT'S OAK; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW LILIES: 12. 'YET I ENDURE.' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) AUTUMN LEAVES by PEARL B. BLOSS A DREAM by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 4 by THOMAS CAMPION MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE LORD HAYES: TO JAMES KING OF BRITAIN by THOMAS CAMPION |
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