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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA, by CORA CASE PORTER
First Line: Down south / the wind croons low
Last Line: Magnolia grandiflora.
Subject(s): Magnolias; Southern States; South (u.s.)
First Line: Down south / the wind croons low
Last Line: Magnolia grandiflora.
Subject(s): Magnolias; Southern States; South (u.s.)
Down South
The wind croons low
To the sleeping earth,
Prickling with lust of birth;
In leafy bower
Sacred to the hour
Fragrant trees
Scatter incense on the earth.
Down South
I heard the dark
Find voice in song of bird;
Light touched its wing
But not its sight
Between the rise and rest
Of large-eyed night.
Down South
As here I lie
In ecstasy expectant,
My pulse is stilled;
Petals luminous
Drift subtle, sure
From a Dryadic living thing --
Magnolia Grandiflora.
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