Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CALIFORNIA POPPY FIELDS, by EMMET PENDLETON


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CALIFORNIA POPPY FIELDS, by                    
First Line: The poppy fields are mine today
Last Line: I feel a king, the world, my throne.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pendleton, Robert Emmet
Subject(s): Fields; Flowers; Happiness; Pastures; Meadows; Leas; Joy; Delight


The poppy fields are mine today
For me to claim! They are my own
In all their happy, rich array!
The poppy fields are mine today!
With lark on wing with roundelay,
A rune the joyous hours intone,
The poppy fields are mine today!
For me to claim. They are my own.

For my own joy these flowers gay
In virgin gold are world-wide sown
On highland, lowland, roadside way.
For my own joy these flowers gay
From sunshine's warmth delight convey.
They treasure beauty's worth alone
For my own joy. These flowers gay
In virgin gold are world-wide sown.

Enchanted by this grand display
I feel a king! The world, my throne,
Is gorgeously for royal sway
Enchanted! By this grand display
Is holding me each wondrous ray,
Each mile of wealth so freely grown—
Enchanted by this grand display,
I feel a king, the world, my throne.





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