Almeria river (God guard thy gleaming sward), Viewing thee, I shiver Like an Indian sword. O you, beside me striding, Stay; enjoy with me This paradise, abiding Not eternally. Drink, the while we linger, To the dove's lament; Never famed Arab singer Sang half so excellent. See, the stream's approving Murmur seems to rouse His rapture: moving Gently, the green boughs Dance a measure stately Above the joyous stream; Their blossoms delicately Strung (a necklace) gleam (Hidden, the while drifted Their sleeves o'er the stream's brow) Gleam, their sleeves uplifted, Pearls scattered now. The breeze rumples The river into lines; The silver mail crumples, The silver sword shines. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: LAMBERT HUTCHINS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WHITE NOCTURNE by CONRAD AIKEN EPITAPH FOR A SOLDIER by DAVID IGNATOW THE TEMPTRESS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SONG BY THE WINDOW BEFORE BED by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: TENNESSEE CLAFLIN SHOPE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |