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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WATER TOWER AT WALDO, by DAISY MARITA BISHOP First Line: A huge upthrust of turreted, white stone Last Line: And, half concealed, one violet blooms, alone. Subject(s): Water; Water Supply; Dams; Reservoirs; Water Mains | |||
A huge upthrust of turreted, white stone Commands the level country mile on mile, Immuring in its thick, cylindric walls Waters, mayhap, from Ganges or the Nile. A silent campanile in whose heart Lie the dead murmurings of brooks aroam, The halted flow of rivers, surge of seas, Tamed are the mad, white horses of the foam. Dimmed is the gleam from lakes of beaten pearl, Faded the magic of the Mediterranean blue, The polished ebony of Arctic seas All now are faded to a neutral hue. Mists that have risen for a million years Congealed, imprisoned in a tower of stone At whose broad base a greening April smiles And, half concealed, one violet blooms, alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES TO A PUMPING ENGINE FOR A RELIGIOUS HOUSE: 1. OLD STYLE by FLORENCE CONVERSE LINES TO A PUMPING ENGINE FOR A RELIGIOUS HOUSE: 2. NEW STYLE by FLORENCE CONVERSE THE FOUNTAINS OF ASHOKAN by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON THE BALLAD OF THE LONG DAM by PATRICK MACGILL EPIGRAM: 101 by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS THE GREEN ROADS by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS I SHALL BE SATISFIED by MARTIN BEHEMB |
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