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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDYLL, by MARION GOBLE First Line: The road was green, the road was lined Last Line: A mouth that's stained with kisses. | |||
I The road was green, the road was lined With greening berry bushes; I put my hand up to my mouth, My mouth was stained with kisses. You leaned above a willowed pool, The willow catkins scudded Between your hands; your hands were wet; You smiled into the water. II The chalk hill leaned against your cheek, We climbed above the roadway; The dry grass hushed about our knees To speed the hidden cricket. The world a stemless crumb of dust Behind us as we mounted -- A hawk was circling on the sea; The world stood out beyond us. III Crush the sickly hyacinths, Behind a stupid shutter, The letters and the ribbons fade And fades the moon that's waning. A charm is left to conjure with -- The sea, the scudding hawk, Green willow, pool, and hill of chalk, A mouth that's stained with kisses. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE AIM WAS SONG by ROBERT FROST THE PALACE OF ART by ALFRED TENNYSON IN SCHOOL-DAYS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE MEDITATION OF THE OLD FISHERMAN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS A PRESENCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE IDEAL GENERAL by ARCHILOCHUS AURORA LEIGH: BOOK 4 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING IN RETROSPECT by MARGARET E. BRUNER |
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