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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BIRCH TREE, by SERGEI GORODETSKY Poet's Biography First Line: Upon an amber day I loved you first Last Line: Green glory tossed upon the azure. | |||
Upon an amber day I loved you first, When, summoned by the radiant azure, From every grateful twig there burst Sweet indolence in dripping measure. Your whitely shining body gleamed as white As heady foam on lakes unfolding, Gay laughing Lel drew out the bright Black hair, its beauty lightly holding. Himself, the god Yarila crowned your hair With garlands green in gorgeous pleasure, And flung it, plaited, to the air: Green glory tossed upon the azure. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RED, RED ROSE by ROBERT BURNS THE FIGHTING RACE [FEBRUARY 16, 1898] by JOSEPH IGNATIUS CONSTANTINE CLARKE JIM BLUDSO [OF THE PRAIRIE BELLE] by JOHN MILTON HAY HYMN FOR EPIPHANY by REGINALD HEBER A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 18 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN CITY OF ORGIES by WALT WHITMAN |
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