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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JUNGLE, by WILLIMINA L. ARMSTRONG First Line: An alchemy of sunset weaving amethystine gold Last Line: Famine before fulfillment lighting space. | |||
An alchemy of sunset weaving amethystine gold On shadowed laces, dripping splendour from an unknown weight Of gems inset and girt across the armoured front of night; Till dawn from out beyond the feathered distances lets fold On fold of molten rose unfurl like wings upon a state Of worship -- being Beauty, veiled to guard herself from sight. And all the glamorous perfumes on the air, And all the clamorous voices on the dark, Faint into keener sweetness; from the lair Dry lips lift, holden parted, as with stark Thirst in thrall to Beauty's breathing grace, Famine before fulfillment lighting space. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HIMALAYA by WILLIMINA L. ARMSTRONG MISTS by WILLIMINA L. ARMSTRONG WESTERN MORNING by WILLIMINA L. ARMSTRONG THE DOLL BELIEVERS by CLARENCE MAJOR EACH AND [OR, IN] ALL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE BOHEMIAN HYMN by RALPH WALDO EMERSON MONDAY'S CHILD by MOTHER GOOSE THE FIRST BLUEBIRD by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY THE DAISY; WRITTEN AT EDINBURGH by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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