Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRIOLET, by EMILY JANE (DAVIS) PFEIFFER Poet's Biography First Line: Warm from the wall she chose a peach Last Line: She took the wasps for councillors. Subject(s): Fruit; Peaches; Wasps; Yellow Jackets | ||||||||
Warm from the wall she chose a peach, She took the wasps for councillors; She said: "such little things can teach:" Warm from the wall she chose a peach, She waved the fruit within my reach, Then passed it to a friend of hers: -- Warm from the wall she chose a peach, She took the wasps for councillors. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPON A WASP CHILLED WITH COLD by EDWARD TAYLOR THE BOTTLING OF THE WASP by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY SWEET ROUMANIAN TONGUE by JAMES SCHUYLER POEM FOR ADLAI STEVENSON AND YELLOW JACKETS by DAVID YOUNG THE ANT-LION by THOMAS MILLER (1807-1874) VICTORY SONG by GEORGE ADDISON SCARBROUGH THE WASP TRAP by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS A SONG OF WINTER by EMILY JANE (DAVIS) PFEIFFER TO A MOTH THAT DRINKETH OF THE RIPE OCTOBER by EMILY JANE (DAVIS) PFEIFFER |
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