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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WORLD APART, by CHANG CHIH-HO First Line: The lady moon is my lover Last Line: In the dust of the whirl of men. Alternate Author Name(s): Chang Kuei-ling | |||
The Lady Moon is my lover, My friends are the oceans four, The heavens have roofed me over, And the dawn is my golden door I would liefer follow the condor Or the seagull, soaring from ken, Than bury my godhead yonder In the dust of the whirl of men. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SLAVE MOTHER by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER PICCADILLY CIRCUS AT NIGHT: STREETWALKERS by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE FESTE'S SONG (1), FR. TWELFTH NIGHT by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ON A CHILD SLEEPING IN CYNTHIA'S LAP by PHILIP AYRES TWELVE SONNETS: 8 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) NIGHT AND MORNING SONGS: 14. RING-DOVE SONG by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |
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