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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COWSLIPS, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography First Line: The children run and leap Last Line: Go where they please. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Children; Flowers; Heaven; Keys; Childhood; Paradise | |||
THE children run and leap By a most heavenly hill. And I will give you the Keys of Heaven To use as you will. The keys are small and sweet; Gold keys from a girdle swung; The cowslip opens the Gates of Heaven To the pure and the young. The children are gold and white— Gold heads the mothers have kissed; The children carry the Keys of Heaven Swung at the wrist. Children, why would ye go? Here is a heavenly land. The children swinging the Keys of Heaven Slip from your hand. Is it not Heaven enough Here for a little while? The children kissing the Keys of Heaven Listen and smile. The children are white as snow; They walk in gold to their knees; The children who hold the Keys of Heaven Go where they please. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX |
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