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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 2, by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some things are very dear to me Last Line: Are sudden tear-drops in your eyes. | |||
Some things are very dear to me -- Such things as flowers bathed by rain Or patterns traced upon the sea Or crocuses where snow has lain . . . The iridescence of a gem, The moon's cool opalescent light, Azaleas and the scent of them, And honeysuckles in the night. And many sounds are also dear -- Like winds that sing among the trees Or crickets calling from the weir Or Negroes humming melodies. But dearer far than all surmise Are sudden tear-drops in your eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HERITAGE by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT LINES WRITTEN AT THE GRAVE OF ALEXANDER DUMAS by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT TO A DARK GIRL by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT SONNET: 1 by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE TO A WATERFOWL by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT OUR LADY by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE UNDER THE OAK by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE A LONDON FETE by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE THE WOOD OF FLOWERS by JAMES STEPHENS |
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