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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A 'RISE', by ERNEST MCGAFFEY First Line: Under the shadows of a cliff Last Line: The black bass rises to the fly. | |||
UNDER the shadows of a cliff Crowned with a growth of stately pine An angler moors his rocking skiff And o'er the ripple casts his line, And where the darkling current crawls Like thistle-down the gay lure falls. Then from the depths a silver gleam Quick flashes, like a jewel bright, Up through the waters of the stream An instant visible to sight -- As lightning cleaves the sombre sky The black bass rises to the fly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS THE DAY BREAKS by ERNEST MCGAFFEY LITTLE BIG HORN by ERNEST MCGAFFEY THE DARKEST HOUR; OXFORD, 1917 by GEORGE SANTAYANA DEATH OF THE DAY by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE TOOTHPICK by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM INSTEAD OF TEARS by JOSEPH AUSLANDER THREE SONNETS WRITTEN IN MID-CHANNEL: 1 by ALFRED AUSTIN |
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