How she strode by (A tall-stemmed flower swaying in the wind) With a long-limbed stride, While curling wisps of hair Blew about her face and throat And the clinging drapery of her dress Molded her soft firm breasts And sturdy thighs. ... Straightway All the drab ugliness of my world Vanished, And I remembered only the blue sky And sea, And sun-kissed flowers In the fields. ... | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXPANDED COMPOSITION by CLARENCE MAJOR LINCOLN TRIUMPHANT by EDWIN MARKHAM THE GREAT HUNT by CARL SANDBURG |