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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN JAMAICA, by J. P. DENISON First Line: The wintry winds are never drear Last Line: In far-away jamaica, o. | |||
THE wintry winds are never drear In balmy old Jamaica, O. The biting cold they never fear In tropical Jamaica, O. But flowers are ever fresh and fair, A gentle fragrance fills the air, And all the year is summer there In sunny old Jamaica, O. And so 't is ever bright and gay In happy old Jamaica, O. The world is all a summer's day In dreamy old Jamaica, O. The sun is shining rays of gold, And Nature's smiles are manifold; And only Margaret's heart 1s cold In far-away Jamaica, O. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: THE CONVENT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BUCOLIC COMEDY: THE BEAR by EDITH SITWELL A PHONECALL FROM FRANK O'HARA by ANNE WALDMAN MY AIN COUNTRIE by MARY LEE DEMAREST MAY CELEBRANTS by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE OLD JEW by MAXWELL BODENHEIM EVENING by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON CRISPUS ATTUCKS by OLIVA WARD BUSH SONG TO ONE WHO, WHEN I PRAIS'D MY MISTRESS' BEAUTY, SAID I WAS BLIND by THOMAS CAREW |
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