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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OCTOBER FROM A BUS WINDOW, by ELLA MCBRIDE BALLEW First Line: I see flamboyant sumac on a hill Last Line: And dusk drops quickly over all. | |||
I see flamboyant sumac on a hill, And ivy with its fingers all blood-stained; A maple wearing kingly orpiment, A struggling brooklet almost drained. I glimpse "the cattle on a thousand hills," And little creatures hard at work or play; I smell the winey breath of bursting grapes, The gleanings of sweet-clover hay. Just for an instant I can hear the scold Of blackbirds, or a cardinal's fluty call; But suddenly I spy a pin-point star, And dusk drops quickly over all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE TOY DAY by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE FLUTE-PLAYER by MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT THE OLD MEN AND THE YOUNG MEN by WITTER BYNNER UT TUTO AB ATRIS CORPORE VIPERIS ... by JOHN BYROM SONNET: 282 by LUIS DE CAMOENS BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF 'THE HEALTHS' by PATRICK CAREY WRITTEN BY DESIRE OF A LADY ON ANGRY, PETULANT, KITCHEN-MAID by JANE CAVE ON HER ENDEAVOURING TO CONCEAL HER GRIEF AT PARTING by WILLIAM COWPER |
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