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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREEN SHADOWS, by HELEN UNDERWOOD HOYT First Line: Give me cool words, cool words to ease Last Line: Sing to me, beloved, as green shadows do. Alternate Author Name(s): Daniels, Helen Underwood Hoyt | |||
Give me cool words, cool words to ease my thinking, Words that make rippling sounds to soothe my mind: Tell me of waters soaking through deep mosses, And let your voice be smooth upon my mind. Give me in rhythms words of moving branches That gather sunlight in their outspread hands, Glad to possess it, just as happy children Hold in their little palms soft white sands. Tell me of leaves that hold the silver sunlight And keep it away from the damp, scented ground; Tell me of shadows resting on dark water, And let your words make a quiet sound. Now I am tired, and I need green branches; Give me your words that sing as shadows do, Over cool waters in leaf-hushed places; Sing to me, beloved, as green shadows do. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BIRTH OF VENUS by HAYDEN CARRUTH DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 3. FULL MOON by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME? by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL IMMORTALITY [OR, VERSE] by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE ROSY BOSOM'D HOURS by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 12 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI IN A GARDEN by PAULINE B. BARRINGTON THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 89. THE LIMIT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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