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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHITE CLEMATIS, by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG
First Line: The old porch cries beneath its shabby paint
Last Line: "elusive sweetness of white clematis."
Subject(s): Beauty; Flowers; Paintings And Painters
First Line: The old porch cries beneath its shabby paint
Last Line: "elusive sweetness of white clematis."
Subject(s): Beauty; Flowers; Paintings And Painters
The old porch cries beneath its shabby paint;
"Now is the time to bring your winter blankets to the light.
Look well at mine—see how they wrap my weather—beaten posts
In dazzling, perfumed white:
A million starry flowers were used to weave them so
That they would still cling close should Fall winds blow;
And all the sweetness of the Summer flowers
Is gathered in their thick, caressing bowers:
I know no other fragrance quite like this
Elusive sweetness of white clematis."
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