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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DRIFTING PETAL, by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA First Line: If I, athirst by a stream, should kneel Last Line: One sheath of its innermost soul for me. Alternate Author Name(s): Mccall, Sidney; Scott, Mary Mcneil | |||
IF I, athirst by a stream, should kneel With never a blossom or bud in sight, Till down on the theme of its liquid night The moon-white tip of a sudden keel, A fairy boat, Should dawn and float To my hand, as only the Gods deserve, The cloud-like curve, The loosened sheaf, The ineffable pink of a lotus leaf, -- I should know, I should feel, that far away On the dimpled rim of a brighter day A thought had blossomed, and shaken free One sheath of its innermost soul for me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MIYOKO SAN by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA MORNING FANCY by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA SUNRISE IN THE HILLS OF SATSUMA by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA THE BIRTH OF THE FLOWERS by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA YUKI by MARY MCNEIL SCOTT FENOLLOSA THE WORLD-SOUL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON POLLY by WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS A HOUSE by JOHN COLLINGS SQUIRE |
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