Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ARIEL, by ANNE W. YOUNG


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ARIEL, by                    
First Line: Now with the wistful days
Last Line: Shimmering gossamer!
Subject(s): Beauty


Now with the wistful days
Of floating leaf and fallen bell,
Of white spring blown away,
I dream of Ariel,
Bidding this earth farewell.

No moth shall stray so light
As he that fled between
The shadows involute:
Pale green 'twixt forest green,
His cloak of mirth was seen.

Nor winds shall tread
So delicate the white wet grass
Of morn, as he that sought
The carven door, alas!
I, mortal, could not pass.

Though for a year and a day
I prayed admission there.
None saw him break his bonds --
Earth's gyves, for all they were
Shimmering gossamer!




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