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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WATER TOWER AT WALDO, by DAISY MARITA BISHOP First Line: A huge upthrust of turreted, white stone Last Line: And, half concealed, one violet blooms, alone. Subject(s): Water; Water Supply; Dams; Reservoirs; Water Mains | |||
A huge upthrust of turreted, white stone Commands the level country mile on mile, Immuring in its thick, cylindric walls Waters, mayhap, from Ganges or the Nile. A silent campanile in whose heart Lie the dead murmurings of brooks aroam, The halted flow of rivers, surge of seas, Tamed are the mad, white horses of the foam. Dimmed is the gleam from lakes of beaten pearl, Faded the magic of the Mediterranean blue, The polished ebony of Arctic seas All now are faded to a neutral hue. Mists that have risen for a million years Congealed, imprisoned in a tower of stone At whose broad base a greening April smiles And, half concealed, one violet blooms, alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES TO A PUMPING ENGINE FOR A RELIGIOUS HOUSE: 1. OLD STYLE by FLORENCE CONVERSE LINES TO A PUMPING ENGINE FOR A RELIGIOUS HOUSE: 2. NEW STYLE by FLORENCE CONVERSE THE FOUNTAINS OF ASHOKAN by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON THE BALLAD OF THE LONG DAM by PATRICK MACGILL THE HILL WIFE: THE SMILE by ROBERT FROST ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 14 by PHILIP SIDNEY MUSIC IN CAMP by JOHN REUBEN THOMPSON THE THREE TROOPERS DURING THE PROTECTORATE by GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY DUSK; TO MADEMOISELLE MARIE LAURENCIN by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE ON THE BIRTH OF A FRIEND'S ELDEST SON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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