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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VARIATIONS: 5, by CONRAD AIKEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: From the cold fountain's sunlit lip
Last Line: The vanishing jewels with his wings.
Subject(s): Fountains
First Line: From the cold fountain's sunlit lip
Last Line: The vanishing jewels with his wings.
Subject(s): Fountains
From the cold fountain's sunlit lip
A shining film of water spreads,
It is shot with sun, it is blue and gold . . .
It scatters jewels to wet the grass,
And children watch it with lifted heads,
And the young girls pause there as they pass . . .
A sparrow sits at the edge, and flings
The vanishing jewels with his wings.
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