Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIPEST PEACH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The ripest peach is highest on the Last Line: The ripest peach is highest on the tree! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Fruit; Love; Orchards; Peaches | ||||||||
THE ripest peach is highest on the tree -- And so her love, beyond the reach of me, Is dearest in my sight. Sweet breezes, bow Her heart down to me where I worship now! She looms aloft where every eye may see The ripest peach is highest on the tree. Such fruitage as her love I know, alas! I may not reach here from the orchard grass. I drink the sunshine showered past her lips As roses drain the dewdrop as it drips. The ripest peach is highest on the tree, And so mine eyes gaze upward eagerly. Why -- why do I not turn away in wrath And pluck some heart here hanging in my path? -- Love's lower boughs bend with them -- but, ah me! The ripest peach is highest on the tree! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DISH OF PEACHES IN RUSSIA by WALLACE STEVENS THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 58 by HAN SHAN PEACH BLOOMS by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE COUPLE SHARING A PEACH by MOLLY PEACOCK TRIOLET by EMILY JANE (DAVIS) PFEIFFER SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 112 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI TO THE PEACH BLOSSOM by JULIAN FRANCIS SMITH A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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