Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUILDERS, by GLADYS TAGGART First Line: We built for us a fairy house Last Line: With rare bright holidays. Subject(s): Buildings & Builders | ||||||||
We built for us a fairy house Of pretty stones and shells, Of lapping waves on sandy shores, The tang of woodsy smells, The silver fleck on moonlit lake, The splash of sunrise light, The magic of a million stars In mystic watch at night. We tried to move our fairy house From lake to city grim, Where streets were crowded; noises, harsh; And moon and stars were dim. The fairy palace did not fit; It crumbled at the touch, Till we found nothing left but scraps Of what we loved so much. Now we have built a house again, Foundations deep and strong, A framework built of comradship And work, austere and long, Of sure, unselfish friendship In countless silent ways And trimmed our new-made castle fair With rare bright holidays. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BUILDINGS by WENDELL BERRY INCONGRUOUS BUILDERS by AIME CESAIRE HAIL TEESSIDE! by CECIL DAY LEWIS BUILDING A PAINTING A HOME by BOB HICOK DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 5. THE DANCING GIRL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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