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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SYMPHONY, by BORGHILD LEE First Line: Brazilian palm-trees Last Line: Walking to the sea -- Subject(s): Beauty; Brazil; Girls; Brazilians | |||
Brazilian palm-trees Played softly for this poem, Walking to the sea -- Brown maid, slender and bare, One arm in perfect outline Raised -- Holding a reed basket On a proud head! In her black hair A flaming rose entangled Droops -- With swaying hips and movements Slow and supple, She walks -- Eyes half closed, But flashing me a challenge in passing; And I, With dead flowers on my hat, In my yard or so of silk Feel a silent envy rising -- I, myself, would be this poem, Walking to the sea -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ARMADILLO; FOR ROBERT LOWELL by ELIZABETH BISHOP A FAREWELL TO AGASSIZ; WRITTEN ON EVE OF JOURNEY TO BRAZIL by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A CHRISTMAS GREETING; FROM A NORTHERN START-GROUP TO A SOUTHERN by WALT WHITMAN FREEDOM IN BRAZIL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE CRY OF A LOST SOUL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER HAVE YOU PLANTED A TREE? by HENRY ABBEY IN A GARDEN by PAULINE B. BARRINGTON A HYMN OF IMAGINATION by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE BUTTERFLY AND THE BEE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: PROGRESS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: THE FUGITIVE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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