Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE OF THE TREES, by AGNES ETHELWYN WETHERALD First Line: Ope your doors and take me in Last Line: To your leafy brood. Alternate Author Name(s): Wetherald, Ethelwyn Subject(s): Trees | ||||||||
OPE your doors and take me in, Spirit of the wood, Wash me clean of dust and din, Clothe me in your mood. Take me from the noisy light To the sunless peace, Where at mid day standeth Night Signing Toil's release. All your dusky twilight stores To my senses give; Take me in and lock the doors, Show me how to live. Lift your leafy roof for me, Part your yielding walls: Let me wander lingeringly Through your scented halls. Ope your doors and take me in, Spirit of the wood; Take me -- make me next of kin To your leafy brood. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS THE LIFE OF TREES by DORIANNE LAUX LEGACIES by AGNES ETHELWYN WETHERALD |
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