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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREEN VALLEY, by DOROTHY VENA JOHNSON First Line: I stood in a meadow Last Line: Surrounding me. | |||
I stood in a meadow And all I could see Was the green valley Surrounding me. Then the setting sun Burned a ghastly red: Blood of young men Too soon dead. A tawny lizard Crawled near my feat: I visioned women Alone, deplete. And now and then A fledgling cried, Like destitute folk On the wayside. When I beheld The tallest tree, My soul expanded Inside of me. I wished, as I viewed The greenest pit, To bury ugliness In it. The hills were rich With buds impearled. The valley seemed To engulf the world. I stood in the meadow, And all I could see Was the green valley Surrounding me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SENCE YOU WENT AWAY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MODERN LOVE: 30 by GEORGE MEREDITH ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON by ALFRED TENNYSON LINES COMPOSED IN A CONCERT-ROOM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE SHORE OF AFRICA by FRANCESCO MARIA DE CONTI EPIGRAM: CALES AND GUYANA by JOHN DONNE |
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