Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG (3), by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The year's a little older grown Last Line: Yet who can bring the may again? Subject(s): Time | ||||||||
THE year's a little older grown; And fair white boughs by green ways blown In these new days are no more known. (Oh, who can bring the May again?) And we are wiser grown, we two. Our story's told; each word was true; And you love me, and I love you. (Oh, who can bring the May again?) Was it not sweeter ere we knew? Yet who can bring the May again? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A CHRISTMAS FOLK-SONG by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE |
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