Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG OF GOLD, by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: There was a nun within a white Last Line: "the night of white and gold?" Subject(s): Gold | ||||||||
THERE was a Nun within a white Fantastic town of Spain; Her hair was golden, like delight, Her eyes were dark, like pain. And once, without, amid the dew, Splendid and unafraid, One sang, the dead-gold twilight through, An angry serenade. "O Sweet, now are you dreaming of That Spring we kept of old, When you fled fast with falconer Love In virgin green and gold? Do you remember, Heart-alone, That carnival untold You flickered through like Passion's own, In scarlet and in gold? Do you remember, Penitent, (O crucified long-cold!) The great white night before the Lent, The night of white and gold?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MAN SAW A BALL OF GOLD by RON PADGETT THE VINDICTIVES by ROBERT FROST BARELY COMPOSED by ALICE FULTON NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY by ROBERT FROST MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: HER MORAL by THOMAS HOOD THE UNGRATEFUL GARDEN by CAROLYN KIZER SUNKEN GOLD by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON THE KLONDIKE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN TO HER LOVER by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR |
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