Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASCENSION LILIES, by HELEN WALL STALLWORTH First Line: The hours that come between the colored drift Last Line: To glorify their lord on easter morn. Subject(s): Ascension Day; Flowers; Lilies | ||||||||
The hours that come between the colored drift Of leafage, purple, crimson and pale-gold; The plaintive voices new-born lambs uplift, Are locked within my spirit's inmost hold As gracious love ensheathes the one adored, Or wind-bound fugitives possess a cave Until tranquillity has been restored, And rending, howling, tempests cease to rave. Capricious winds and fingered tines of rain Transform the leaves from sparkling, racing foil; And tiny streams that stripe my window-pane Invigorate and slake the thirsty soil, Which hastens pallid lilies to be born To glorify their Lord on Easter morn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NUNS PAINTING WATER-LILIES by WALLACE STEVENS THE SECRET GARDEN by ELEANOR WILNER THE CLOTE (WATER-LILY) by WILLIAM BARNES THE LILY, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE MARIPOSA LILY by INA DONNA COOLBRITH TO A LILY by JAMES MATHEWES LEGARE THE WATER-LILY by JOHN BANISTER TABB TO THE WATER NYMPHS DRINKING AT THE FOUNTAIN by ROBERT HERRICK |
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