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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A YELLOW PANSY, by HELEN GRAY CONE First Line: To the wall of the old green garden Last Line: Longs for the winds again. Alternate Author Name(s): Green, Coroebus Subject(s): Mysticism | |||
To the wall of the old green garden A butterfly quivering came; His wings on the sombre lichens Played like a yellow flame. He looked at the gray geraniums, And the sleepy four-o'-clocks, He looked at the low lanes bordered With the glossy growing box. He longed for the peace and the silence And the shadows that lengthened there, And his wild wee heart was weary Of skimming the endless air. And now in the old green garden, -- I know not how it came, -- A single pansy is blooming, Bright as a yellow flame. And whenever a gay gust passes, It quivers as if with pain, For the butterfly soul within it Longs for the winds again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DIAMOND PERSONA by NORMAN DUBIE OUTWARD BOUND by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN by ROBERT BROWNING ECHO AND SILENCE by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES THE BALLAD OF JUDAS ISCARIOT by ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN KUBLA KHAN by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE RHOECUS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A CALL TO THE BUILDERS by HELEN GRAY CONE |
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