Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALMOND, WILD ALMOND, by HERBERT TRENCH Poet's Biography Last Line: Give counsel to me! Subject(s): Love; Almond Trees | ||||||||
Almond, wild almond, ''aGive counsel to me, And hush thy fierce lover ''aThe wind in the tree! Along the night pasture ''aI've come through the dew To tell thee, wild almond. ''aThe old songs are true! Like the flower on thy branches ''aThe heart in me springs With airs and upliftings ''aAnd hundreds of wings! I, too, have a lover '' ''aKeep, keep it from them''" The wise ones that eye me''" ''aThou whispering stem! I deal with him coldly''" ''aI dash him with pride: Yet he comes of evenings, ''aAnd stands at my side. O had he entreated. ''aI could have said nay, But he, he says nothing, ''aAnd then goes away! Ah, loves he for ever? '' ''aAnd loves me alone? '' These things that men say not ''aHow can they be known? He may, but he may not''" ''aAnd I would be free:''" Now play not, now sway not, ''aThou little black tree, Almond, wild almond, ''aGive counsel to me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALMOND BLOSSOM by EDWIN ARNOLD ALMOND PETALS by MARION E. THORPE DILLER AT THE SIGN OF THE ALMOND TREE by LOUISE MANNING HODGKINS DEATH IN THE FLOWER by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE LONDON ALMOND TREE by ANNIE MATHESON WHEN ALMONDS BLOOM by MILICENT WASHBURN SHINN PINK ALMOND by KATHARINE TYNAN |
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