Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LEAVES, by KATHARINE TYNAN


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First Line: Myriads and myriads plumed their glistening wings
Last Line: With faces turned one way.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Leaves; Trees


MYRIADS and myriads plumed their glistening wings,
As fine as any bird that soars and sings,
As bright as fireflies or the dragon-flies,
Or birds of paradise.

Myriads and myriads waved their sheeny fans,
Soft as the dove's breast, or the pelican's;
And some were gold, and some were green, and some
Pink-lipped, like the apple-bloom.

A low wind tossed the plumage all one way,
Rippled with gold feathers, and green and grey—
A low wind that in moving sang one song
All day and all night long.

Sweet honey in the leafage, and cool dew,
A roof of stars, a tent of gold and blue;
Silence and sound at once, and dim green light,
To turn the gold day night.

Some trees hung lanterns out, and some had stars,
Silver as Hesper, and rose-red as Mars;
A low wind flung the lanterns low and high,
A low wind like a sigh.

Myriads and myriads, more in number than
The sea's sands, or its drops of water wan,
Sang one name in the rapture that is May,
With faces turned one way.





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