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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREEN AISLES, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Green aisles of pullman cars Last Line: And snug delight! Subject(s): Fairies; Elves | |||
Green aisles of Pullman cars Soothe me like trees Woven in old tapestries. I love to watch the stars Remote above the earth In watery light, While, in a lower berth, I whirl through night. I love the mysteries Others abhor: From Upper Eight, a sneeze, -- That stertorous snore Far down the aisle. I love The net of green That holds like treasure-trove My clothes unclean. Cherrywood spick and span And patterned plush; The rumble and the rush; The blankets thick and tan, All these my heart delight, -- The globe you click, -- Bells ringing in the night When someone's sick. Weird bumpings in the night, Arrivals late Where stations blaze with light And bang with freight; Elf lanterns down the track, Dark flitting forms Under a pale cloud-wrack, -- Each aspect charms! I love to smoke a last Slow cigarette Where all ere breaking fast Ablute and fret; Then, as on wings of chance, I plunge the night -- Pullmans, you spell romance And snug delight! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FAERY FOREST by SARA TEASDALE THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE FAIRIES by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE FAIRY CHILD by JOHN ANSTER THE FORSAKEN MERMAN by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE LITTLE ELF-MAN by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS TAM O' SHANTER by ROBERT BURNS A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19. THE FAIRY QUEEN PROSERPINA by THOMAS CAMPION A PROPER NEW BALLAD [ENTITLED THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL] by RICHARD CORBET THE FALCONER OF GOD by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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