Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A POPLAR AND THE MOON, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON


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First Line: There stood a poplar, tall and straight
Last Line: The stars and lilies I could see.
Subject(s): Nature; Soldiers' Writings


THERE stood a Poplar, tall and straight;
The fair, round Moon, uprisen late,
Made the long shadow on the grass
A ghostly bridge 'twixt heaven and me.
But May, with slumbrous nights, must pass;
And blustering winds will strip the tree.
And I've no magic to express
The moment of that loveliness;
So from these words you'll never guess
The stars and lilies I could see.






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