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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LENTO, by DOROTHY MARIE DAVIS First Line: I will not shrink, knowing sweet seas of grain Last Line: Nor seal me from them in dead solitude. | |||
I will not shrink, knowing sweet seas of grain, To hold grass in my arms some long last sleep. I who have loved the fierce wind-mounted rain On rattling tile will never lie too deep To hear and bless its silver-shod swift hoof Upon my bier. Nor flame shall compass me But I shall trace again its crimson woof Through winter evenings' lovely tapestry. No greater joy -- consumed heart-whole to go Upward with sparks and smoke of incensed pine, So rival stars and fade! But marble? No. No graven urn may hold this heart of mine; No flowers, rain nor flame may stone exclude, Nor seal me from them in dead solitude. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOONBLIND by DOROTHY MARIE DAVIS OLD WOMEN TREES by DOROTHY MARIE DAVIS THE SALMON GILLERS by DOROTHY MARIE DAVIS A JOYFUL SONG OF FIVE by KATHERINE MANSFIELD TO MY MOTHER by EDGAR ALLAN POE BUCOLIC COMEDY: AUBADE by EDITH SITWELL THAT'S HER PRIVILEGE by BERTON BRALEY HALF-BREED by CHARLES BADGER CLARK JR. |
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