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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SUMMER SANCTUARY, by JOHN HALL INGHAM First Line: I found a yellow flower in the grass Last Line: I understood it all. | |||
I FOUND a yellow flower in the grass, A tiny flower with petals like a bell, And yet, methought, more than a flower it was, -- More like a miracle. Above, the sky was clear, save where at times Soft-tinted fleeces drifted dreamily, Bearing a benison to sunny climes From altars of the sea. In vestments green the pines about me gleamed Like priests that tend the sacrificial fire; And the faint-lowing cattle almost seemed Some far intoning choir. It was a place and an occasion meet For some high, solemn wonder to befall; And, when I saw the flower at my feet, I understood it all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEFORE THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TRAFALGAR SQUARE by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES TURTLE SOUP by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON AN APPEAL TO CATS IN THE BUSINESS OF LOVE; SONG by THOMAS FLATMAN AGAINST THEM WHO LAY UNCHASTITY TO THE SEX OF WOMAN by WILLIAM HABINGTON FOUR LITTLE FOXES by LEW SARETT OF THE REED THAT THE JEWS SET IN OUR SAVIOUR'S HAND by WILLIAM ALABASTER |
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