Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GIRL, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One of life's pioneers Last Line: Her tidings far away. Subject(s): Women | ||||||||
One of life's pioneers To whom God gave deep eyes To see, and deep deep ears To hear, and little veins To penetrate, in the dark, The spell-bound earth, and the heavens, For news of all far beauty, For tidings remote and lovely, And creeping shadow-fears: She dances through ancient forests Winding her limbs in leaves Her locks with the green nightshade: She follows the spotted moth Where the red flower appears Under the beard of the live-oak; She poises slend and topaz At night by moonlight meres, Marking the crystal barge Of Paris, and piping the dirge Of his beauty on the black bier; She harkens to the low wind Which weeps in the wood-edges, Till the lancers of dawn ride up With outflung crimson spears. And then she comes distrait Into the open day, And wonders how to tell is Her tidings far away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV A BOOK ON ECONOMICS by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG |
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