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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SUMMER SANCTUARY, by JOHN HALL INGHAM First Line: I found a yellow flower in the grass Last Line: I understood it all. | |||
I FOUND a yellow flower in the grass, A tiny flower with petals like a bell, And yet, methought, more than a flower it was, -- More like a miracle. Above, the sky was clear, save where at times Soft-tinted fleeces drifted dreamily, Bearing a benison to sunny climes From altars of the sea. In vestments green the pines about me gleamed Like priests that tend the sacrificial fire; And the faint-lowing cattle almost seemed Some far intoning choir. It was a place and an occasion meet For some high, solemn wonder to befall; And, when I saw the flower at my feet, I understood it all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ERASMUS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 48 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN HYMNS OF THE MARSHES: MARSH SONG - AT SUNSET by SIDNEY LANIER THE PHANTOM REVIEW by SQUIRE OMAR BARKER OMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN BIARTEY'S SPINNING SONG, FR. THE RIDING TO LITHEND by GORDON BOTTOMLEY A HYMN OF THE SEA by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |
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