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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OCTOBER FROM A BUS WINDOW, by ELLA MCBRIDE BALLEW First Line: I see flamboyant sumac on a hill Last Line: And dusk drops quickly over all. | |||
I see flamboyant sumac on a hill, And ivy with its fingers all blood-stained; A maple wearing kingly orpiment, A struggling brooklet almost drained. I glimpse "the cattle on a thousand hills," And little creatures hard at work or play; I smell the winey breath of bursting grapes, The gleanings of sweet-clover hay. Just for an instant I can hear the scold Of blackbirds, or a cardinal's fluty call; But suddenly I spy a pin-point star, And dusk drops quickly over all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOTTO TO THE SONGS OF INNOCENCE & OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE UNDERWOODS: BOOK 2: 6. THE SPAEWIFE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MEDITATION by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE BARLEY BROTH by SUSANNA BLAMIRE AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL by WILLIAM E. BROOKS |
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