Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LEGEND, by SARA RUTH WATSON First Line: In an ivory castled tower Last Line: Fall at her feet. Subject(s): Legends | ||||||||
In an ivory castled tower Marguerite Runs up and down her stairs On tiny feet. They shine like glittering stars On the milky way, And clink like far-away bells On a midsummer day. Marguerite sighs as she turns Up the winding stair; Her rustling, white-satin skirt Stirs in the air. She looks out on the white, drifting clouds As they hasten by, And her breath on the pane paints a scene Of the frosty sky. The hosts of twinkling stars Are at her command; The fragile curve of the moon She could crush in her hand. But in her gleaming white tower Marguerite Fingers a daisy whose petals Fall at her feet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GHOST OF DEACON BROWN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON ICE SHALL COVER NINEVEH by KENNETH REXROTH MONUMENT MOUNTAIN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE STRANGER; AFTER A GUARANI LEGEND RECORDED BY ERNESTO MORALES by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE GUERDON by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE LEGEND OF ARA-COELI by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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