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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRAIRIE TREMBLANTE, by EDNA WORTHLEY UNDERWOOD
First Line: A stretch of swaying grasses that sweep by
Last Line: And lonely bayous answer star to star.
Subject(s): Prairies; Sky; Stars; Plains
First Line: A stretch of swaying grasses that sweep by
Last Line: And lonely bayous answer star to star.
Subject(s): Prairies; Sky; Stars; Plains
A stretch of swaying grasses that sweep by,
A stretch of barren grasses bronzed and brown,
No tufted trees, nor house, nor twinkling town,
Grey overhead a silent, sullen sky,
Long twisting inlets of the sea that lie
Like tarnished mirrors for the dull sky's frown,
Dim, moveless mirrors where the gulls fling down
Their ghostly shadows as they seaward fly.
At dawn alone and at the late sunset
These waters live again so dead and dim,
Rose splendors creep across them far and far,
And while the tender twilight lingers yet
A fire-flower blossoms upon heaven's rim
And lonely bayous answer star to star.
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